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11 quotes by Godfried Danneels

Cardinal Danneels in full choir dress (left) Styles of Godfried Danneels Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Informal style Cardinal See Mechelen-Brussels Godfried Maria Jules Danneels (born 4 June 1933) is a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the episcopal conference of his native country from 1979 to 2010. He was elevated to the...
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The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of... →

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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 evident... →

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Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of the last remaining... →

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

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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 does not appear in... →

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

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

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At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been... →

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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... →

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The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in limiting the freedom... →

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