The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.
Claudio HummesHowever, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.
Claudio HummesA church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.
Claudio Hummes