 I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude. |
| There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation. |
| Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom cloud. |
| The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women. |
| Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love? |
| If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic. |
| It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed. |
| I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example. |
| I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy. |
| I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. |
