As a university, we're not focused on bringing about huge reforms - that's not our role.

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The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also...

What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also...

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have...

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have...

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but...

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but...

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to...

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to...

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by...

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by...

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are...

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are...

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly...

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly...

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's...

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's...

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families.

I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families.

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held...

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held...

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.