Quotes by Claudio Hummes

About Claudio Hummes:

Cláudio Hummes is a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy in the Roman Curia (2006–2010), having previously served as Archbishop of Fortaleza from 1996 to 1998 and archbishop of São Paulo from 1998 to 2006. A member of the Order of Friars Minor and an outspoken proponent of social justice, he was elevated to the cardinalate in the consistory of 21 February 2001.
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The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.

Claudio Hummes

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

Claudio Hummes

A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.

Claudio Hummes

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty.

Claudio Hummes

A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.

Claudio Hummes

The church must constantly promote dialogue.

Claudio Hummes

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

Claudio Hummes

The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.

Claudio Hummes

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption.

Claudio Hummes

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.

Claudio Hummes

John Paul II made it clear that... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable.

Claudio Hummes

In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Claudio Hummes

Most urgent is the good First Job Program, that Lula plans to implement, which hasn't got off the ground.

Claudio Hummes

In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.

Claudio Hummes

Author Bio

  • NameClaudio Hummes
  • DescriptionCatholic cardinal
  • BornAugust 8, 1934
  • CountryBrazil
  • ProfessionTheologian; Priest