I Don't Cling To Earthly Life Because

And A Third Thing Is The Understanding Of The Church As A Community, A Communion Which Is Just A Hierarchy But The People Of God, Whose Servants Are The Priests And Bishops.

Hundreds Of Millions Of Human Beings On Our Planet Increasingly Suffer From Unemployment, Poverty, Hunger, And The Destruction Of Their Families.

For Many People, The Pope Is Still, To A Certain Extent, A Positive Role Model And A Moral Force, Although Others Feel That This Aspect Has Suffered Greatly.

I Don't Cling To Earthly Life Because I Believe In Eternal Life. That's The Big Distinction Between My Point Of View And A Purely Secular Position.

A Church Which Abandons The Truth Abandons Itself.