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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.

Hans Kung

In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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God Humanity Love Religious
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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Nation Peace Religion
In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what “decreed” means.
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Dignity Myself Person Religious Worst
I am firmly convinced that there is life after death, not in a primitive sense but as the entry of my completely finite person into God’s infinity, as a transition into another reality beyond the dimension of space and time that pure reason can neither affirm nor deny.
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Complete Death Dimension Life Myself Reality Reason
There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Earth Peace Religion World
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Better Economics Global Humanity Order Possession
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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Pure Religion War
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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Age Day Invention Thinking
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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Catholic Myself Tradition
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
The Gospel has to be the norm.
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Religious Scripture Standard
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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But I have to add – and this answers your other question – this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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