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

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Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its…
When someone is HIV-positive and his partner says, I want to have sexual relations with you, he doesn't have to do that.…
Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.
Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution -…
Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some…
Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of…
There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not…
Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous. The local…
At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what…
The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going…
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also…
I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals who wished to speak but…

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Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution -… — Godfried Danneels
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The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that… — George Soros
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Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes… — Thomas Jefferson
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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion. — Gerrit Smith

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