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.
About Richard John Neuhaus
Richard John Neuhauswas a prominent writer and Christian cleric (first in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, then the ELCA and later the Catholic Church).
Born in Canada, Neuhaus moved to the United States, where he became a naturalized United States citizen.
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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.
Canadian-American Christian writer
My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don’t think you can call it schism.
Canadian-American Christian writer
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.
Canadian-American Christian writer
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.
Canadian-American Christian writer
Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
Canadian-American Christian writer
In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.
Canadian-American Christian writer