There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
HANS KUNGThere will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
HANS KUNGA Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
HANS KUNGThat is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
HANS KUNGAnd a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
HANS KUNGWe should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
HANS KUNGEveryone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
HANS KUNGTime and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
HANS KUNGHumanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
HANS KUNGGod’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGBut 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.
HANS KUNGI like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
HANS KUNGA human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
HANS KUNGI’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.
HANS KUNGIt is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
HANS KUNGAs a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
HANS KUNGI 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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