Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans.

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.