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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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Change Unknown
God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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Deep God Love Protection Suffering
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
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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Add Answer Focus Question Space Time Yourself
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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Aware Evil Goodness Man Religious Time Tradition Various Woman
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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Destruction Employment Family Human Myself Planet
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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Conflict Hate Inspirational Leadership Time
A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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Abandonment Religious Truth
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
After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.
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Cold Community End History War World
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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Children Choice Marriage Option Priest Result Satisfaction Temptation Wife
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
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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Pure Religion War
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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Achievement Consciousness Distance Earth Experience Follow History

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