The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

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The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

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Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.

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Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.

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We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

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To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

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The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

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Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

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Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.

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What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans.

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