"In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, reli…"

"The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is…"

"Whether religion is a divisive or reconciling force depends on our certainty or our humility as we practice our faith…"

"We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can b…"

"I had not been left behind in the parish. I wasn't holding the hands of grieving widows. I wasn't struggling to educa…"

"Most of all, faith brings recognition that our quest never leads us to certainty. We are always uncertain, always in …"

"But the public display of religion is not God. We do not put God in our nation's life by placing the Ten Commandments…"

"Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying…"

"I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life."

"As a senator, I worried every day about the size of the federal deficit. I did not spend a single minute worrying abo…"