Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.

Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death of his incarnate Son.

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.

The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath.

To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God.

The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential.

The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.

A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and when the unification of Jews and Christians into the people of God will take place.

Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

I used to not have any confidence when it came to my body - I developed very late in terms of being a girl!

I'm just saying the producers and people who work on music are getting left out - that's when it starts getting criminal. It's like you're working hard, and you're not receiving. In any other business, people would be standing before Congress. They have antitrust laws against this kind of behavior.

We have a good team, and I think we'll have a good season this year.

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

A sure-fire way to know you're crazy is if more than one person has told you you'd be great on a reality show - and you agree with them.

The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most popular songs.

The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed.

I really rely on sleep, and some people call me 'The Bear' for my hibernating.

The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends.

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

I like routine.

There's just something extraordinary about that Selma Hayek.