Me likum this popum

The full text of Pope Benedict's speech - the one that has led to such a violent reaction from oversensitive Muslims the world over - is here.

One major theme of the Pope's speech is the reasonableness of faith: the harmony between reason and the message of the Gospel. As Benedict said, it is "only if reason and faith come together in a new way" that a "genuine dialogue of cultures and religions" will be possible. It's too bad that some people have used this occasion to prove that such a dialogue may currently be impossible.