(The Catholic Church must) clean out the pedophiles, break up the gay cliques, tighten up the seminary, and restore the good name of the priesthood

Quote by Andrew Greeley

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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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left...

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married...

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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

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