“In the Vatican, if you don't get something new done quickly you may not get it done at all.” IfsMayDoneSomething NewGet It Done Author:George Weigel
“[Pope] Francis ought to be taken at his word when he says, as he has often done, that he is a son of the Church who believes and teaches what the Catholic Church believes and teaches.” BelieveDoneChurchTeachTakenSonOughtCatholicPopeCatholic Church Author:George Weigel
“We're used to institutional-maintenance Catholicism, in which the institution ticks along by its own inertia and people are "born" into the Church. Francis knows that is over and done with: "Kept" Catholicism, whether "kept" by legal establishment or by cultural habit, has no future.” PeopleKnowsDoneUsedBornChurchHabitInstitutionsCatholicismEstablishmentMaintenanceInertiaTick Author:George Weigel
“The Church in the United States turned a corner about three decades ago, and the idea that we're going back to the incoherence of the late Sixties and Seventies is, frankly, silly. Let's have a little faith in what the Holy Spirit has done among us these past 35 years.” YearsLittlesIdeasStatesDonePastSpiritThreeChurchUnitedUnited StatesHolyLateCornersDecadesSillyHoly SpiritSixtySeventiesLittle FaithIncoherenceHave A Little Faith Author:George Weigel