God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGGod’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGIt is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
HANS KUNGAs a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
HANS KUNGWe should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
HANS KUNGWe are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
HANS KUNGThere 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.
HANS KUNGReligion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
HANS KUNGIf 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.
HANS KUNGEveryone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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.
HANS KUNGA Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
HANS KUNGThat is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
HANS KUNGBut 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.
HANS KUNGI’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.
HANS KUNGAll 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.
HANS KUNGA human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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