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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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Agree Command Date Divine Rule
The Gospel has to be the norm.
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Religious Scripture Standard
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
There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Earth Peace Religion World
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
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
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
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
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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Favor Myself Roman Way
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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Pure Religion War
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
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
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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Catholic Myself Tradition
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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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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