Quotes by Dionigi Tettamanzi

Christians and Muslims who live together should try to meet and dialogue to refute the talk about a clash of civilizations.

Man is not made for games games are made for man, Cardinal Tettamanzi said. He acknowledged that games can offer a source of relaxation and enjoyment which are necessary and sometimes essential. But he argued that when the game is motivated by profit, the results can dominate individuals, depriving them of their freedom to act and chaining them in servitude.

The church's family program, in the final analysis, is God's program. In this sense, the church's proposal, while assuming the positive aspects of the United Nations' proposal, goes further, not in the sense that it sacrifices determined values and needs of so-called modernity, but in the sense that it offers a broader and richer vision.

The rights of the weak are not weaker rights, but are completely equal to the rights of the strong.