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

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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...

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the...

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the...

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...

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

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

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead...

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead...

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 am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have.

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have.

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...