God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGHundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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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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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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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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And 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.
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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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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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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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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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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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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
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