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

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.

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.

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

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.