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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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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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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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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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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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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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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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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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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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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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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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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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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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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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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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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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