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

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.

It's hard to determine where lies culpability.

I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know.

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

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