I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.

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Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the...

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the...

(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up...

(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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.

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very...

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey...

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey...

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 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...