Giovanni Lajolo
Giovanni Lajolo (3 January 1935 –) is an Italian cardinal.
Quotes
[edit]- The libertas Ecclesiae, the freedom that is intrinsic to it, is in any case stronger than any possible limitation that gets imposed on it, because it derives from the mandate of Christ and has the deep, immense breath of the Spirit: it is the freedom of that love that inhabits it – so old and always new – for man, who is the living image of God.
- That which is Caesar’s and that which is God’s, interview by Giovanni Cubeddu, 30 Days (2005)
- Augustine is a very African saint. He was a Berber, it seems - "Afer sum" he said of himself – as much as a Roman, and better yet, a European. Saint Augustine is a figure who brings us together: truly a catholic.
- That which is Caesar’s and that which is God’s, interview by Giovanni Cubeddu, 30 Days (2005)
- Building peace for tomorrow requires doing justice today.
- "Protection of rights, human development, and religious freedom are pillars of peace, Vatican tells U.N." Catholic News Agency (September 27, 2006)
