Pastor Rick Warren is one of the speakers at a major international and interreligious colloquium taking place at the Vatican Nov. 17-19 on the "Complementarity of Man and Woman in Marriage." The evangelical founder of Saddleback Church in California, Warren is best known as the bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold 30 million copies worldwide and is the second most-translated book in the world, after the Bible.
The Register's Rome correspondent, Edward Pentin, spoke briefly with Pastor Warren Nov. 17 at the colloquium, which is taking place in the synod hall and being hosted by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and other Vatican dicasteries. Before the interview began, the evangelical preacher said he was hoping to see Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. “His books really influenced me, particularly his series on the life of Christ,” he said. “He’s got a brilliant mind.”
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