Godfried Danneels

Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.

— Godfried Danneels

When someone is HIV-positive and his partner says, I want to have sexual relations with you, he doesn't have to do that.…

— Godfried Danneels

Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its…

— Godfried Danneels

The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also…

— Godfried Danneels

There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not…

— Godfried Danneels

At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what…

— Godfried Danneels

Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of…

— Godfried Danneels

Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some…

— Godfried Danneels

Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution -…

— Godfried Danneels

I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals who wished to speak but…

— Godfried Danneels

The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going…

— Godfried Danneels

Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous. The local…

— Godfried Danneels