Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help.

Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a result, there is some loss of confidence in the great achievements of technology.

The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.

The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.

The capacity for emotional sobriety belongs to everybody in the human family and leads to a fully human response to the adventure and goodness of the gift of human life.

The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

Divine life is basically the inner freedom to choose the right and the good spontaneously.