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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

— Pope Benedict XVI Salt of the Earth (1997)

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If technical progress is not matched by corresponding progress in man's ethical formation, in man's inner growth, then it is not progress at all, but a threat for man and for the world.

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

Indeed, truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.

Truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.

One must not fear truth, because it is a friend of man and of his freedom

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