But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc.

The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.

The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.

The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel.

There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.

For the future, I would suggest avoiding subjects of too vast a scale. It would be useful to make out a list of fundamental questions on the matter to be dealt with, and discuss only those.

I think so, ” she [Claire] said. “Just watch your back, okay?” “Nah, Michael’s got mine.” He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes.“I’ve got yours.

Life without challenge    is life denied any chance      for one to achieve.

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

I always find a couple of hecklers... I'll kinda look at them, stare at 'em, and let them know I can't be stopped.

My favorite place in the morning is in the shower with Eric.

I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy.

The quality of our journalism will make or break our industry, not the recession.

America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she was a widow.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.