Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation. Otherwise, celibacy itself would lose its meaning as a renunciation.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
Truth be told, I have been very disappointed in Trump's aggressive attitude towards Iran. There is simply no excuse for it given that Iran is pretty much the most peaceful of the Muslim countries.
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