It's hard to determine where lies culpability.

We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.

The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.

We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.

I'm very close to the pro-life movement.

Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest.