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

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

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"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil."

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"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."

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"That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity."

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"We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family."

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"Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language."

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

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"After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history."

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