A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
HANS KUNGIn 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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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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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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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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In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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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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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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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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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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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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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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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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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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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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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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