"I prepared my intervention the night before I……" — Godfried Danneels
"I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals who wished to speak but could not because there was not enough time. I was one of the last to speak."
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12 Quotes by Godfried Danneels
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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.…
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When someone is HIV-positive and his partner says, I want to have sexual relations with you, he doesn't have to…
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Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.
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Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a…
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Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand…
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Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies…
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There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that…
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Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous.…
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At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen…
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The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility…
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The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word…
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In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural…
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Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience…
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.
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Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma's favorite.
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I'm a lifetime St. Louis Cardinals fan.
— Andy Cohen
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The cardinal doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God.
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than…
— Sun Tzu
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I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into…
— Adolph Rupp
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People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected…
— Bob Uecker
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The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problem is not moral; rather, our fundamental problem is spiritual.…
— Ravi Zacharias
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