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.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

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

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

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.