In 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.

I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.

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

We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.

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.