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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.

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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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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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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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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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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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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world 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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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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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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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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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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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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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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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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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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