In the question of homosexuality, the Vatican was rather permissive or lenient, with regard to all these crimes of sexual abuse.
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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.Hans Kung
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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.
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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
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There are points where I think, for instance, Judaism or Buddhism are more constructive than the Catholic position, and vice versa.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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