Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.

But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.

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.

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.

There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.

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

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