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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.

Hans Kung

I don’t cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That’s the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
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Forever Life Myself Point Position
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
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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Favor Myself Roman Way
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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Conscious Economics Problem Religious Solve
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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Agree Command Date Divine Rule
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
I’m not saying goodbye to life because I’m a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it’s time to move on.
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End Life Move On Myself Reason
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
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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Essence Myself Nation Religion Right
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
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
There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Earth Peace Religion World
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
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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Force Greatness Moral People Positive Suffering
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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Change Unknown
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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Fact Religion Truth Yourself

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