German - Clergyman | April 16, 1927 -
I don't know if the term 'liberation theology,' which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What's important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life.
Pope Benedict XVI
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It is essential that God created men and women to be one, as it is said in the first chapters of the Bible. So I think even if our culture is against marriage as essential form of relations between human beings, between women and men. I think our nature is always present, and we can understand it if we will understand it.
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It is absolutely important to make accessible the Gospel for all people and also understandable for Jewish people.
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If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations.
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The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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The myth of my solitude makes me laugh.
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I would say that normally it is the creative minorities that determine the future, and in this sense, the Catholic Church must understand itself as a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the past, but a very living and relevant reality.
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The Church must actualize, be present in the public debate, in our struggle for a true concept of liberty and peace.
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Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one's own faith into parentheses.
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My plans never progressed as far as a clear desire for a family.
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It is important to be in the 'we' of the Church, in the 'we' of the life of the Liturgy.
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