Quote by Joseph Ratzinger
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to c

The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Society
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The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Faith
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. – Joseph Ratzinger

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Freedom
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I cant understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still havent really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa – 60 percent of people in – infected with HIV are women. – Annie Lennox

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If women want any rights more than theys got, why dont they just take them, and not be talking about it. – Sojourner Truth

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Women

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we dont have, is just love what we do have. – Cameron Diaz

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Women

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