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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.

Hans Kung

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
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
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
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
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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Pure Religion War
There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Earth Peace Religion World
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
The Gospel has to be the norm.
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Religious Scripture Standard
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
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
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
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
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
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
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
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

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