Marriage is the real vocation crisis in the United States... We have a vocation crisis to life-long, life-giving, loving, faithful marriage. If we take care of that one, we'll have all the priests and nuns we'll need for the Church.

Neither I nor anyone in the Church would ever tolerate hatred of or prejudice towards any of the Lord's children.

We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect.

The National Catholic Register's coverage of the Church universal, and the Church in our own country, is splendid.

Marriage is the real vocation crisis in the United States... We have a vocation crisis to life-long, life-giving, loving, faithful marriage. If we take care of that one, we'll have all the priests and nuns we'll need for the Church.

My first pastoral letter's gonna be a condemnation of light beer and instant mashed potatoes -- I hate those two things.

Prayer immediately turns us into something greater than ourselves.