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The powerful do not know how to love; the man of iron is cold, he knows how to envelop and bind in order to subjugate, to enslave.

— Vittorino Andreoli

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Fear is a defense mechanism that allows us to be aware of danger and therefore to take action to avoid its consequences.

The priest seems to me to be the most appropriate person to talk about death: he knows that it is not a subject for despair.

Isn't choice already an expression of freedom, even if only a basic one?

I deeply believe that priests are figures of great importance for non-believers.

I don't know if the present time has brought us great benefits, but it has certainly invented a lot of fears.

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