In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person woul….

In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner..

Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue….

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion..

One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner that is in according with Christian ….

Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon us are raising millions of do….

Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion..

All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic..

If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter….

Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of f….

My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism..

One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism..

For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This longing m….

Disguise is central to God's way of dealing with us human beings. Not because God is playing games with us but because the God who is beyond our know….

Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond….

Determined secularists view these as residual inconsistencies that they have not yet go around to extirpating and that may not be worth bothering abo….

In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town..

Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than being.….

If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion..

We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every step along way of life, beari….

My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but ….