And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
The Gospel has to be the norm.
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
