The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a…

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In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women...

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women...

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to...

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to...

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the...

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the...

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And...

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And...

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a...

I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a...

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your...

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your...

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues...

There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues...

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You...

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You...

Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it.

Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it.

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find...

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find...

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools....

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools....

An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind...

An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody who's kind...

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the...

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the...

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has...

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has...

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who...

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who...

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try...

I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try...

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is...

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is...

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after...

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after...