The official Vatican line is that there is fundamental unity among the bishops, with sincere differences animated only by a common love of the Church.
"People of goodwill have sincere differences of opinion on the marriage definition, but I hope Hoosiers can remain civil to each other as this legal question is litigated in the federal court," Zoeller said in a statement.
She also noted that human rights violations fuel the grievances on which terrorism and violent extremism feed: "When people are tortured, when nonviolent protestors are shot and arrested, it suggests there is no peaceful avenue to express sincere differences.
"My own view for what it is worth is that it would be better if same-sex marriage were not a contentious issue at the next election – there are sincere, conscientious differences of opinion throughout the community and on both sides of the political divide and issues like this are better dealt with outside of the frenzied hurly burly of an election campaign," he wrote.
The fervent desire to transcend difference is sincere — and hardly surprising in the son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan.
Even the smallest compliment, if it's sincere, can make a difference in a person's day.
Their differences are sincere and significant, but the intensity of their dispute is matched by the potency of their arguments.
In 2002, authenticity research pioneers Michael Kernis and Brian Goldman began studying the individual differences of sincere personalities, and defined authenticity as "the unimpeded operation of one's true or core self in daily enterprise".
It demands from paediatricians a sincere interest in the differences between normative standpoints related to cultural or religious beliefs and dedicated efforts to grasp these.
Mr. Duncan, you speak warmly of the hundreds of teachers with whom you have spoken, and again, I am sure you are sincere, but there is a difference between speaking with teachers and knowing what actually goes on in a classroom.
