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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 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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Complete Death Dimension Life Myself Reality Reason
A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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Abandonment Religious Truth
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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Aware Evil Goodness Man Religious Time Tradition Various Woman
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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Forever Life Myself Point Position
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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Achievement Consciousness Distance Earth Experience Follow History
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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Age Day Invention Thinking
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Human Infinite Protection
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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Favor Myself Roman Way
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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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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Community God People Servant Understand
God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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Deep God Love Protection Suffering
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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Conscious Economics Problem Religious Solve
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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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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End Life Move On Myself Reason
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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Force Greatness Moral People Positive Suffering
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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God Humanity Love Religious

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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