“The [life] issues put us in touch with one aspect of humanity: They show what we are capable of when we lose our moorings, when we are not guided by clear thinking on right and wrong.”
— Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, in remarks April 28 after receiving the inaugural Evangelium Vitae Medal at the University of Notre Dame
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Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – May 12, 2011
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – April 28, 2011
“Be assured, we are with you, with all the Japanese children who are suffering. We want to help you with our prayers, with our actions, and you can be sure that God will help you.”
— Pope Benedict XVI, from an April 22 pre-recorded TV broadcast in which he answered a question from a 7-year-old Japanese girl who lost friends in the recent earthquake and tsunami
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – March 3, 2011
“You and our brother bishops in Wisconsin are offering a timely reminder of what the church teaches on the rights and duties of workers, including the right to form and belong to unions and other associations, and the obligation to address difficult problems with respect for the rights and needs of all.”
— Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, Calif., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in a Feb. 24 letter to the archbishop of Milwaukee regarding Wisconsin’s budget battle
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – February 17, 2011
“I follow the principles of my conscience, and I am ready to die and sacrifice my life for the principles I believe.”
— Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister for minorities and a Catholic who refuses to stop speaking against his country’s blasphemy law even though he is a target for assassination by pro-Taliban religious extremists
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – January 20, 2011
“I wish I knew the answer. But as the world continues to seek an answer to that question we can, each in our own way, strive to respect others, speak with civility, try to understand one another and to find healthy ways to resolve our conflicts.”
— Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz, in a letter to parishes in which he sought to answer the question of how to prevent acts of violence like the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson that left six people dead and another 14 wounded
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – December 16, 2010
We are the privileged generation that is going to be voting and laying a strong foundation. We need to help instill pride in being a nation and help people understand that they have a God-given right to be free.”
— Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – November 18, 2010
“To meet its moral obligations to the Iraqi people, it is critically important that the United States take additional steps now to help Iraq protect its citizens, especially Christians and others who are victims of organized attacks.”
— Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, in a Nov. 9 letter to U.S. President Barack Obama
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – November 4, 2010
“If you’re looking for hope and change, you’ll find a lot of both in the direction of Rome. It’s the best kind of hope because it offers forever and the best kind of change because it happens in your own life.” — Mary Matalin
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers October 18, 2010
“Beyond our current economic crisis, there is also plenty of evidence that points to the link that exists between climate changes (ongoing desertification, land degradation and drought) and migration. In short, there is plenty of evidence to support that the protection of our planet is inextricably linked to the protection of our human family.”
— U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Miguel Diaz, speaking at a church-run conference in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 5
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – October 7, 2010
“One of the biggest obstacles to peace in the Middle East is cynicism. As people of faith, we must remember that with God all things are possible.”
— Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, in a statement after he and other religious leaders met Sept. 29 to voice support for continuing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – September 23, 2010
“We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts.”
Quotes from this weeks newsmakers – September 9, 2010
“The spirit of God was working in me and the parish staff members that day. God used us to be the light in the darkness.” — Father Tom Iwanowski, former pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa church near the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J., recounting how the parish provided comfort and care nine years [...]
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