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Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya Quotes

1933–2024 Spain

Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya (7 June 1933 – 17 February 2024) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Bilbao, the bishop of the Diocese of Zamora, and as the bishop of the Diocese of San Sebastián.

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A people that wants peace cannot remain passive in their concern.

It is said, and rightly so, that Europe must breathe with both lungs: West and East. It is not less true to say that the life of our society must breathe in all aspects with its two lungs: male and female.

The priest's concrete humanity is "humus," the inherent seat of the other dimensions. It is not an inert seat, but simultaneously active and receptive. Formation in the other dimensions should not be a superimposed addition, but must be rooted within the human person, in his mentality, affectivity and will.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.