As rumors and words continue to come from Europe (from all sides and pointing to different directions), Sandro Magister (confirming Andrea Tornielli's article of last week) comments on the Pope's meeting of February 13 and defends the notion that Pope Benedict shares the same concerns as the greatest Catholic thinker of the the second half of the 20th century (in my modest opinion), the Swiss Romano Amerio, author of Iota Unum and Stat Veritas (the most popular of his immense number of writings).
Magister also transcribes an article by Father Divo Barsotti on Romano Amerio. I wholeheartedly agree with these words:
Romano Amerio was a layman, a layman who knew the Lord. He knew the Creed, and became its shining witness. I have always had the impression – although I never met him personally – of seeing in him a true Christian, one who was never afraid of facing the most demanding themes of Revelation.
What is astonishing – and constitutes his greatness – is that, although he was a layman, he was a true witness. He was not theologian or a man of religion, but one who received from God the charism of seeing that which is implicit in Christian teaching. He sensed this, and accepted his role. He did what the Lord inspired him to do.
The entire Christian world has reason to thank God for Romano Amerio, who in these difficult times spoke so clearly about the foundations of Revelation.
