Paul Keenan“When that first ‘domino’ falls, everything that is good, true, and beautiful, which is rooted on the natural family, is seriously threatened. In striking down the constitutional amendment in our state which protects marriage, the court has, once again, shaken one of the most precious and essential building blocks of our civilisation.”
Bishop Robert Morlino of Wisconsin, USA, laments the legal recognition of same-sex weddings offered in the state.
"Regardless of what his conscience is telling him, (a doctor) must carry out the law.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk insists that doctors should be required to perform abortions regardless of their beliefs.
“The giving of sanctuary has always been one of the noblest of human endeavours.”
Bishop Eugene Hurley of Darwin Australia expresses his solidarity with asylum seekers as Catholic bishops from the Oceania region gathered in New Zealand to discuss the issue of migration.
“None of us are the masters of anyone else, not even parents with respect to their own children.”
Msgr Nunzio Galantino, secretary general of the Italian bishops’ conference, criticises an Italian court ruling that lifts a ban on married couples using sperm donors for artificial insemination, likening the move to playing God.
“In places like Brasilia and Manaus, huge stadiums have been built for the competition. These cities do not even have strong football teams, so that after the World Cup we are wondering what they will be used for.”
Archbishop Anuar Battisti of Maringa, Brazil, criticises his country’s spend on the World Cup amid glaring poverty there.
"The flight of the Muslims from Central Africa is a serious problem. We need to act quickly if we do not want the co-existence among us to become wishful thinking.”
Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui, Central African Republic, speaking as he visited a camp for Muslims displaced by conflict in his country.