Cardinal Avery Dulles

Cardinal Avery Dulles is a great man. He is an eighty-seven-year-old cardinal, who was ordained without even being a bishop first. He was born on August 24, 1918, in New York. He was a very intelligent young man, and because of this, attended Harvard College, and also, Harvard Law School. After leaving Harvard Law after a year-and-a-half, he joined the military, where he became a lieutenant. Over the years, he has written several books and a numerous amount of articles having to do with faith. He travels often, and gives speeches wherever he goes. He is a world renowned cardinal, and is still working, even at the age of eighty-seven.

Cardinal Dulles gave a speech at Boston College on October 12, 2005. I was privileged, as well as four many other people, to be able to hear him speak about certain issues. The topic of discussion at this "lecture of intellectuals" happened to be "handing down the faith." He talked about how he thinks that the Catholic faith should remain the same, even after several years. He believes that the basis of Catholicism should remain, and as generations go by, we should try and keep it the way it always was. As everything evolves, and goes through many changes, Cardinal Dulles encourages the fact that the youth of the world is our future and must strive to keep the tradition of our faith an ongoing one.