Quotes by Roger Mahony - Page 1

I'm very close to the pro-life movement.
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Movement
Pro Life
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It's hard to determine where lies culpability.
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Culpability
Determine
Lying
Lies
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Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.
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Humane
Immigration
Should
Enforced
Manner
Proportional
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The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.
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Party
Political
Political Parties
Two
Main
Parties
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Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.
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Birthday
Smile
Canon
Guilt
Law
States
Clerical
Dismissed
Priest
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By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.
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Doors
Temptation
United States
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Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.
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Critical
Heritage
Immigrants
History Country Nation
Stake
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Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest.
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Lasts
Members
Treats
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We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.
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Embrace
Land
Newcomers
Problem
Roots
Should
Part
Immigrant
Recognize
Solution
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I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
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Believe
Church
Depriving
Law
People
Sanctions
Absolute
Believe Law People
Particularly
Personally
Resort
Sets
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The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.
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Abuse
Broken
Church
Exploitation
Immigrants
Condone
Easily
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I think that together the church has learned a lot, and as we know from our own oversight board, the involvement of our wonderful lay leaders has been a real grace.
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Church
Grace
Involvement
Oversight
Board
Lay
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With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.
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Communion
Decision
Engagement
Grace
Holy
Worthy
Each One
Receive
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I find it inconceivable that we're meeting for five and a half days, and there isn't one moment on the agenda to deal with the greatest crisis we've ever had in the church since 1789.
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Church
Crisis
Inconceivable
Meeting
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I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know.
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Catholic
Church
Issues
Okay
Thinking
Know Why Things
Catholics
Teaches
Therefore
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We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.
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Catholic
Community
Counseling
Healing
Ministry
Suing
Catholics
Grandfathers
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It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.
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America
Blame
Central America
Fashionable
Hard Work
Immigrants
Mexico
Politically Correct
Appears
Central
Correct
Hard-Working
Ills
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The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.
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War
Concern
Deficit
Globalization
National Security
Oil
Rising
Terrorism
Thrown
Price
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A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.
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Alcohol
Drug
Healing
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We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right.
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Abuse
Children
Church
Father
Holy
Priesthood
Religious
Religious Life
Life Time People
Life Time Father
Chances
Taking Chances
Young People
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It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest.
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California
Children
Conditions
Desert
Died
Immigrants
Including
Years
Deplorable
Detained
Dozens
Parts
Shackled
Southwest
Unacceptable
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Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.
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Agree
California
Downturn
Immigrants
One Day
Severe
Spiritual
Analyst
Consider
Cultural
Gifts
Undocumented
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