Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.

A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

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.

By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.