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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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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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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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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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For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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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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