One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.

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That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...