God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGAfter 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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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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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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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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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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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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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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It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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I am firmly convinced that there is life after death, not in a primitive sense but as the entry of my completely finite person into God’s infinity, as a transition into another reality beyond the dimension of space and time that pure reason can neither affirm nor deny.
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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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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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