Francis George

God's is the causality at the level of our being, and therefore the roots of our freedom. Ours in causality is determinative…

— Francis George

The fact that God knows everything does not mean that He is directly causing everything. He respects our freedom at our level.…

— Francis George

If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling…

— Francis George

So, in every case if you really love someone there is an element of submission to them because you want what's best…

— Francis George

That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the…

— Francis George

Equality, therefore, becomes the criterion because we can handle all that in process, but we can't handle that as principle without infringing…

— Francis George

Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what…

— Francis George

He [God] made us free, and He respects that. It is two different spheres of causality. Interdependent, though. It is not two…

— Francis George

Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly…

— Francis George

From a Christian perspective, the answer to all of that is not power, as it is in the modern perspective. It's love.…

— Francis George

The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not…

— Francis George

The trust is a matter of love and faith is a matter of truth. The two together give you the guidance that…

— Francis George

Faith is not a contract. Faith is surrender. If no other relationship in our experience is one of self-surrender, if it's all…

— Francis George

If you, however, separate reason and faith so that it's purely a rationalistic scheme, it will end in violence. If a pure…

— Francis George

There is the enormous corpus of Islamic law that is very rich. However, law is one rational exercise of reason. Philosophy is…

— Francis George

Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand…

— Francis George

God always wants what's best for us, just as you want what's best for someone you really love. You put them before…

— Francis George

The question about who God is is a very public question. We don't have the tools in this kind of political atmosphere…

— Francis George

The primary moral judgment on candidates and their positions is to be made in the light of their concern for protecting human…

— Francis George

Interest in religion is not necessarily interest in God. Religion in public life means a set of ideas, an ideology that has…

— Francis George

Love isn't blind. Love is reasonable. God is pure love, but He is also pure reason. If you separate reason from faith…

— Francis George

Religion doesn't start with a set of laws or rules and it doesn't start with a set of ideas. It starts with…

— Francis George

In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled…

— Francis George

This is a real presence which includes every dimension of who Jesus is: body and blood, human soul and divine person. The…

— Francis George

The Church is our Mother, which means it is an internal voice. It is not a set of external rules. That's what…

— Francis George