The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.