Hans Kung

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. ”

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. ”

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. ”

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome. ”

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. ”

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. ”

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. ”

It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division. ”

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

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors. ”