In my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system of rule. We managed to get by without this absolutist system for 1,000 years. The problems began in the 11th century, when the popes asserted their claim to absolute control over the Church.

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

There 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.

I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.

We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.

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.

As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.