Mags GarganQuotes of interest
“The burning of churches and branding of homes is reprehensible, as is destruction of mosques and desecration of holy sites”.
· Tobias Ellwood MP, Britain’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office reacting to an increase in violence against the Christian community.
“The Filipino people are just ecstatic!…He is coming especially to meet with the people who suffered on account of the typhoons and earthquakes that hit the country last year.
· Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila reacting to news that Pope Francis will visit The Philippines next year.
“The old guard has to have the humility to step back and let the new generation come in”.
· Fr Thomas Rosica CSB, founder of Salt and Light Television network in Canada on the future of Catholic media.
“Shakespeare’s religious convictions convey a sympathy for the Catholic Church at a time when England and Rome were at odds on matters of faith”
· Andrew Moran, a professor of English at the University of Dallas and assistant director of the university's summer Shakespeare in Italy program for high school students.
"I stayed silent and patient because I believed, as some people said, that this stormy campaign will blow away soon."
· Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang of Wenzhou, China explaining why he was slow to react to the demolition of the Protestant Sanjiang Church five months ago. The bishop has now written an open letter to Catholics in the diocese, asking them to defend their "rights and dignity" during a campaign by the local government to demolish religious symbols.
“We've obviously suffered a loss of trust and credibility which has rarely happened so violently."
· Cardinal Karl Lehmann of Mainz, Germany, reacting to newly released figures that show the scandals involving clergy are causing more and more Germans to leave Catholic Church