Roger Mahony Quotes

• Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest.

  Roger Mahony

  Lasts, Treats, Members

  "Cardinal Roger Mahony". www.npr.org. May 25, 2000.

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• Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.

  Roger Mahony

  Birthday, Law, Guilt

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• I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know.

  Roger Mahony

  Thinking, Issues, Catholic

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• It's hard to determine where lies culpability.

  Roger Mahony

  Lying, Culpability, Determine

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• It is unacceptable that immigrants, including children, are shackled and detained in deplorable conditions. And it is unacceptable that already this year immigrants have died by the dozens in the California desert or in other parts of the Southwest.

  Roger Mahony

  Children, Years, California

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• A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.

  Roger Mahony

  Healing, Alcohol, Drug

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• We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.

  Roger Mahony

  Land, Roots, Problem

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• I'm very close to the pro-life movement.

  Roger Mahony

  Pro Life, Movement

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• With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

  Roger Mahony

  Decision, Grace, Engagement

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• Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.

  Roger Mahony

  Spiritual, California, One Day

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• It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.

  Roger Mahony

  Hard Work, America, Mexico

  "Perspective: Ours is a nation that should know better". staugustine.com. June 04, 2005.

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• We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right.

  Roger Mahony

  Religious, Children, Father

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• By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.

  Roger Mahony

  Doors, Temptation, United States

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• We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.

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  Healing, Community, Catholic

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• The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.

  Roger Mahony

  Broken, Abuse, Church

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• Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

  Roger Mahony

  Immigration, Should, Humane

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• I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.

  Roger Mahony

  Believe, Law, People

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• The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

  Roger Mahony

  Party, Two, Political

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• The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.

  Roger Mahony

  War, Oil, Rising

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