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The principle of tolerance and respect for freedom promoted by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are today being manipulated and erroneously t...more

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The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. ...more

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In the course of my intellectual life I experienced very acutely the problem of whether it isn't actually presumptuous to say that we can know the tru...more

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Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revela...more

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The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.

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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil soc...more

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A tolerance that no longer distinguishes between good and evil would become chaotic and self-destructive, just as a freedom that did not respect the f...more

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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic cannot be content to...more

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Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the...more

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Purity of heart is what enables us to see.

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The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and a be...more

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Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

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Today we have to learn all over again that love for the sinner and love for the person who has been harmed are correctly balanced if I punish the sinn...more

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It is obvious that the concept of truth has become suspect. Of course it is correct that is has been much abused. Intolerance and cruelty have occurre...more

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Since man always remains free and since his freedom is always fragile, the kingdom of good will never be definitively established in this world. Anyon...more