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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.

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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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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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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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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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It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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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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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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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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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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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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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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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.
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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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