Carolina QuotesIf you don't understand a person's religion, you haven't even begun. And if you are not able to listen, you are only able to talk, then you are still on your own. You are lecturing everybody who comes near you, but you are not dialoguing with anyone. There are some desires of the human soul which that other person is looking for. There are, maybe, mistakes in the way that religion is looking for those things. But the human heart, created by God, is looking for Him.
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‘You ask them: Are you serious?’: An interview with Cardinal Arinze (25 July 2019) Catholic Herald
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