The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
The men who were running the church in the late '60s and '70s panicked when they saw the chaos, which developed after the council. The relatively modest changes of those years thawed the ice in which Catholicism had been frozen… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Angels are wonderful and exciting, and they have the appeal of beings who will take care of us and manifest God's personal concern. — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them. — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort. — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
When I can go just where I want to go, There is a copse of birch trees that I know; And, as in Eden… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
