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.

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

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

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

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

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

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