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.
From Hans Kung
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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.
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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.
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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