You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.

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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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than...

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...