The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.

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.

I'm not saying goodbye to life because I'm a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it's time to move on.

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

Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.

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.