Godfried Danneels

Godfried Maria Jules Danneels (4 June 1933 – 14 March 2019) was a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels.

Quotes

• Lamps (inculturation) are the people from all epochs who give them to us day after day. Let us also be grateful for our period: everything is not so negative.
  • H. Em. Card. Godfried DANNEELS, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels (5 October 1999) Press Office of the Holy See

• God is good and perfect, but I know I'm not, and it's useless trying.
  • Attracted by the beauty of the liturgy (October 2005) 30 Days

• I remain convinced that gathering a small council around the pope every so often, Church figures from different countries, whose members might change every two or three years maybe, would be of help to him, so he can be sure of knowing the temperature of the Church. The Curia can't feel and register that temperature, it's not its task.
  • Hope awaiting among brother men (May 2007) 30 Days