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

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

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

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

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

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