When someone is HIV-positive and his partner says, I want to have s*xual relations with you, he doesn’t have to do that. But when he does, he has to use a condom.
Godfried Danneels Quotes
The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in limiting the freedom of theologians. This is not an easy time - neither for Rome nor for the theologians.
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| Birth: | 4th June, 1933 |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Profession: | Priest, Professor, Theologian |
About
Godfried Maria Jules Danneels was born in Kanegem, Tielt, Belgium. He is a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. His resignation at the age of 75 was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 January 2010. He studied Thomistic philosophy at the Higher Institute of Philosophy in Leuven and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After obtaining his doctorate in theology, he taught at the Bruges seminary and at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has written several books include: Words of Life, Christ Or Aquarius?, Messengers of Joy, The Promise of the Cross, and The Road to Bethlehem.
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