I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.

We are born with two incurable diseases, life, from which we die, and hope, which says maybe death isn't the end.

God draws straight with crooked lines.

Angels represent God's personal care for each one of us.

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

Search for the perfect church if you will; when you find it, join it, and realize that on that day it becomes something less than perfect.

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