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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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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
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
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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Catholic Myself Tradition
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
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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Force Greatness Moral People Positive Suffering
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
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Better Economics Global Humanity Order Possession
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
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
There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Earth Peace Religion World
After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.
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Cold Community End History War World
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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Forever Life Myself Point Position
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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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

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