In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.

After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.

At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.

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

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.

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