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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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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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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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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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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It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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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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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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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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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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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 last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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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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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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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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