Whos Wise Words Are these?

"The church must renounce worldly principles and standards in order to accept the truth, and the way it must go will always lead to some form of martyrdom. It is important for us to realize that we cannot bring about unity by diplomatic maneuvers. The result would be a diplomatic structure based on human principles. Instead, we must open ourselves more and more to God. The unity that he brings about is the only true unity. Anything else is a political construction, and it will be as transitory as all such constructions are. This is the more difficult way, for in political maneuvering, people themselves are active and believe they can achieve something. But we must wait on God, and we must go to meet him by cleansing our hearts."

To be completely honest, I never would have guessed that these are the words of the new Pope, Joseph Ratzinger - now Pope Benedict XVI.

Johann Christoph Arnold writes a very interesting article about his friendship with Ratzinger over the past 10 years.

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