There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
HANS KUNGHowever, 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 are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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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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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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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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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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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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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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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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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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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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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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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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