I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

Everything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story.

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

In the pulpit, were supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

There are serious problems that have to do with the environment, that have to do with the way in which we live and consume.

What the church is really concerned about is what endures.

The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that we all make to the common good.

We need to insist on making culture out of our desire: making paintings, novels, plays and films potent and seductive and authentic enough to undermine and overwhelm the Iron Maiden.

Your challenge in life does not define you but only refines you”.

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

It is the very joy of this earthly life to think that it will come to an end.

There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.

I'm sick of the cover-ups, I'm sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department's mouth.

So immediately I'm trying to think: What are some of these times when we feel we're losing our hold on Christ, and what's the fear we're trying to address? I try to get into that quickly.

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.

We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do.

Coaches do get very nervous.