His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech September 12 at the Universityof Regensburg in his German homeland. He discussed "the question of Godthrough the use of reason" and the matter of getting "reason and faith[to] work together in the right way." His basic theme was that there hasbeen a "synthesis with Hellenism achieved in the early [Christian]church" and that this relationship between Christianity and Greekphilosophy and logic has been a very good thing. He warned against those whobelieve this synthesis is "not binding" upon new converts fromnon-western traditions; this view, he declared, is "false." Thepontiff plainly intended to depict the Roman Catholic Church as supportive ofmodernity and science in general, and both western and tolerant.