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"The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity."
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"When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church."
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"I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know."
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"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."
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"Why is the church failing so miserably in impacting the nations of the earth?"
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"I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church."
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"There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation."
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"Some will have to cease thinking of the Church as a memorial association for a deceased clergyman called Christ."
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"Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard."
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"Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."
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"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it."
God
"From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive."
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"I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment."
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"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
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"You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate."
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"What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust."
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"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it."
Death
"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society."
Politics
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