One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year.

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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 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...

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 write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters...

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters...

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

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

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

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

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...

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be...

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be...

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

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The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is...

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

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

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

Two studies from the year 2000, however, indicate that Catholics give lower ratings to their...

Two studies from the year 2000, however, indicate that Catholics give lower ratings to their...

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

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they...

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they...

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...

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...