A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.

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

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.

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

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.

That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

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