Crisis Quote by Blase J. Cupich

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

— John Ruskin

“Many of the bishops had purchased their sees, and most of these naturally preferred doing violence to their opinions rather than lose their revenues.”

— George Finlay

If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing…

— Richard Dawkins

“Strictly speaking one ought to say that the Church is always in a state of crisis and that its greatest shortcoming is that it…

— Alan Hirsch

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

— James Thomson

Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.

— Gene Robinson

To think that a Catholic bishop must answer to a civil authority over matters of faith is abominable. It is abhorrent to me, to…

— Andrew Scheer

Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank or something.

— Blase J. Cupich

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

— Brendan Behan

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

— John Ortberg

I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much to his…

— Frank Keating

“it was much less dangerous for the disciples of Christ to neglect the observance of the moral duties, than to despise the censures and…

— Edward Gibbon