I am also prepared to admit the value of an enduring friendship and faithfulness between two persons of the same sex. Friendship has always been held… - Carlo Maria Martini

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I am also prepared to admit the value of an enduring friendship and faithfulness between two persons of the same sex. Friendship has always been held in great honour in the ancient world, perhaps more so than today, even though it was mostly understood in the context of that transcending of the purely physical sphere I mentioned above, to be a union of minds and hearts.

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About Carlo Maria Martini

Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

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The Bible speaks of God's infinite greatness, even of His immeasurability, of the fact that God is immensely greater than our hearts, our beings, our spirits. And so it would come as no surprise if data were to emerge about other planets being inhabited by other people; this would not affect the message of the Bible in any way.

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