If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.

The Church's basic moral principle regarding reproductive technologies is this: if a given technology assists the marital embrace in achieving its natural end, it can be morally acceptable, even praiseworthy. However, if it replaces the marital embrace as the means by which the child is conceived, it's not in keeping with God's design.

If (environmentalists) want to continue to beat those drums to solicit money from concerned soccer moms, they can do that. The reality on the ground is things are better as a result of Gale Norton's tenure.

In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.

If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.

Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.

Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.