Editing Jean-Marie Lustiger (section)

===Theology and ethics===
Lustiger upheld papal authority in theology and [[Morality|morals]]: "There are opinions and there is faith," he said in 1997. "When it is faith, I agree with the Pope because I am responsible for the faith." Cardinal Lustiger was a strong believer in [[Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church)|priestly celibacy]] and opposed abortion and the [[ordination of women]].<ref name=IHT/> Although he fully endorsed John Paul II's views on [[bioethics]], he considered [[condom]] use acceptable if one of the partners had HIV.<ref name=Terras/> He founded the Non-Governmental Organization ''Tibériade'' to attend to AIDS patients.<ref name=Terras/>

He considered Christianity to be the [[Supersessionism|accomplishment of Judaism]], and the [[New Testament]] to be the logical continuation of the [[Old Testament]]. In ''Le Choix de Dieu'' (The Choice of God, 1987), he declared that modern anti-Semitism was the product of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], whose philosophy he attacked.<ref name=Monde/><ref name=Terras/>

He read the [[Thomism|Thomistic]] philosophers [[Étienne Gilson]] and [[Jacques Maritain]]—one of the main Catholic thinkers of his youth—as well as [[Jean Guitton]], but also the Protestant philosopher [[Paul Ricœur]], and [[Maurice Clavel]], and the [[existentialism|existentialist]] philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]].<ref name=Terras/> Close to [[Augustinism]], he preferred the post-[[Second Vatican Council|conciliar]] theologian [[Louis Bouyer]] to the (pre-conciliar) neo-Thomist [[Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange]].<ref name=Terras/> His main influence was [[Henri de Lubac]], as well as the Jesuits [[Albert Chapelle|Albert]] and [[Paul Chapelle]].<ref name=Terras/> Lustiger, unlike other leading twentieth-century French bishops, did not draw noticeably on [[patristic writings]] and was more sensitive to rabbinic texts.

When appointed to Paris he encouraged some liberal clergy to return to the lay state. He was influential in the appointment of his moderate conciliar auxiliary [[Georges Gilson]] to the [[Episcopal see|See]] of [[Le Mans]], replacing senior clergy with men who shared similar views to his own.

He pursued [[ecumenism]] but also gave a critical address on [[Anglicanism]] when welcoming Archbishop [[Robert Runcie]] to Notre Dame.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}} In 1995, Lustiger played a key role in deposing the liberal [[bishop of Évreux]], [[Jacques Gaillot]], who was then transferred to the titular see of Partenia.

Lustiger was an outspoken opponent of racism and anti-Semitism. He was strongly critical of [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], leader of the French [[National Front (France)|National Front]], comparing Le Pen's [[xenophobia|xenophobic]] views to [[Nazism]]. "We have known for 50 years that the [[scientific racism|theory of racial inequality]] can be deadly. ...It entails outrages." He also said: "The Christian faith says that all men are equal in dignity because they are all created in the image of God." He supported the action of the [[parish priest]] of St. Bernard-de-la-Chapelle in accepting the protracted sit-in of a group of [[illegal aliens|undocumented immigrants]] in 1996, but subsequently showed less sympathy to such activities. The police were called to a similar sit-in at St. Merry.

He incurred the hostility of some in the Spanish Church because he strongly opposed the project to canonize Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]]. In 1974, Pope Paul VI had opened her cause for beatification, which placed her on the path toward possible sainthood. Lustiger's opposition was due to the fact that Isabella and her husband Ferdinand of Aragon had expelled Jews from her domains in 1492.

Lustiger was a favorite of Pope John Paul II. He had a Polish background and staunchly upheld the Pope's conservative views in the face of much hostility from [[Catholic religion in France|liberal Catholic opinion in France]]. This led to some speculation that Lustiger would be a candidate to succeed John Paul II,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/18/pope.betting/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD |title=Bookmakers lay odds on new pope |last=Oaks |first=Tammy |date= April 19, 2005 |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 13, 2017}}</ref> but he always refused to discuss any such possibility. He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]].