“A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.” ChurchPoorPrioritiesServantSolidarity Author:Claudio Hummes
“The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.” TryingChurchGuidesFaithfulCatechism Author:Claudio Hummes
“The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.” HumansDoePoliticalOrderChurchExerciseActiveHuman SocietyPolitical Power Author:Claudio Hummes
“A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.” WorldHumanityJesusChurchJudgingMissionsContemporaryDialogue Author:Claudio Hummes
“However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.” ChurchMethodConvictionDialogueProposeImposition Author:Claudio Hummes
“In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty.” HumansTodayChurchHuman BeingsEffortLibertySupportRightsPersonalityDevelopmentDignityFundamentalsFavorsFundamental Rights Author:Claudio Hummes