I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.

Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom cloud.

The highest love of all finds its fulfillment not in what it keeps, but in what it gives.

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.

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.

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic.

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it.