Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
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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 the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised.Richard John Neuhaus
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.
Richard John Neuhaus
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, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.
Richard John Neuhaus
Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.
Richard John Neuhaus
My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism.
Richard John Neuhaus
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