My Eyes Are Wide Open To The

Genuine Tolerance Does Not Mean Ignoring Differences As If Differences Made No Difference. Genuine Tolerance Means Engaging Differences Within A Bond Of Civility And Respect.

The First Thing To Say About Politics Is That Politics Is Not The First Thing.

My Hope That The Church Will Emerge As A Strong Leader In Society Is Just That A Hope. What I Described In The Catholic Moment Is Not A Prophecy But The Outline Of A Possibility. There Are No Guarantees That My Hopes Expressed In The Catholic Moment Will Ever Be Realised.

If A Church Offers No Truth That Is Not Available In The General Culture - In, For Instance, The Editorials Of The New York Times Or, For That Matter, Of National Review - There Is Not Much Reason To Pay It Attention.

My Eyes Are Wide Open To The Conflicts Within The Church, But I Don't Think You Can Call It Schism.