As A Matter Of Fact, You Have

Even Apart From The Image Of A Truly Merciless God That Contradicts Everything We Can Assume From What Jesus Says About The Either Of The Lost, Can We Be Surprised At A Time When Retributive Punishments Without An Opportunity Of Probation Are Being Increasingly Abandoned In Education And Penal Justice, That The Idea Not Only Of A Lifelong, But Even Eternal Punishment Of Body And Soul, Seems To Many People Absolutely Monstrous.

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.

But I Have To Add - And This Answers Your Other Question - This Catholicity In Time And In Space Is Only Meaningful For Me If There Is, At The Same Time, A Concentration On The Gospel.

There Will Be No Peace Among The Nations Without Peace Among The Religions. There Will Be No Peace Among The Religions Without Dialogue Among The Religions.

A Church Which Abandons The Truth Abandons Itself.