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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2026 · 55 MIN

Looking back at 9/11 and Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg Address

from Spe Salvi Institute Podcast · host Spe Salvi Institute

In this episode, Bobby Mixa and Andrew Petiprin look back at 9/11 after 25 years and try to understand this horrific event by also looking at Pope Benedict XVI's controversial Regensburg Address, delivered exactly five years after the terrorist attacks. Pope Benedict got into trouble for quotiing a 14th Century Byzantine Emperor's words about Islam, but his talk was much more than that: it was primarily about the grandeur of reason when brought into play with divine revelation. This university address was a call to the university to reclaim its task of opening reason up to the whole of reality in the light of revelation. The address was, in reality, addressed to the West. Bobby and Andrew explore the profundity of this address, seeing it as summative of Benedict's thought and incredibly relevant for today. Please subscribe to the channel and join our email list.

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