The Dictatorship of Relativism

"The dictatorship of relativism is confronting the world.  It does not recognize anything as absolute and leaves as the ultimate measure only the measure of each one and his desires.  

"'Adult' is not a faith that follows the waves in fashion and the latest novelty.  "Adult and mature is a faith that gives us the measure to discern between what is true and what is false, between deceit and truth." 

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger,
Excerpts from his homily at the Conclave that elected him Pope.

487 years ago, before King Henry VIII severed his ties with the Apostolic See of Rome, he clearly discerned between deceit and truth in his fierce refutation of Martin Luther’s novel doctrines on the Sacraments.

Pope Leo X granted him the title 'Defender of the Faith'.

This New Millennium Edition of his masterpiece is supplemented with over one hundred quotations from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which Pope Benedict XVI gave to the Universal Church in 2005.