The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
In Latin America in general, it’s very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.
In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.
Liberty isn’t liberalism, arbitrariness, but it’s connected; it’s conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good.
The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art which has grown in her womb.
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
To me, its seems necessary to rediscover – and the energy to do so exists – that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man’s heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God.
Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.
We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ.
These days we are all pained by the disaster caused by the hurricane in the United States of America.
A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open themselves fully to serving others as Christ did by embracing the gift of celibacy.
I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.
We will never forget that blessing. It was the most pained and moving blessing, which left us with the extreme testimony of his will to complete his ministry until the end.
God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.
Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.
Jesus, the Word incarnate, is always the center of our announcement, the point of reference for our evangelizing mission and for its methodology, because He is the human face of God, who wishes to meet all men and women so as to bring them into communion with Him, in His love.
That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel.
How can it be that the most wonderous and sacred human space – the womb – has become a place of unutterable violence?
One doesn’t begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter with an event, with a Person, who gives new horizons to life, and with that, a decisive orientation.