Francis Arinze Quotes

Nigeria, Cardinal
November 1, 1932

Francis Arinze is a Nigerian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He has been the Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni since 2005. Arinze was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II and was considered papabile before the 2005 papal conclave, which elected Pope Benedict XVI.

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

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- Used
- Dogma
- Organs
Vatican II declares the Church... as necessary for salvation.

Francis Arinze

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

Francis Arinze
Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

Francis Arinze
The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.

Francis Arinze
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.

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- People
- Problem
- Religious
With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

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There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.

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- World
- Always
- Virtue

The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.

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