A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.