Roman Catholic Bishops

"The new bishop was a highly-cultured man with rare financial ability."

"The question we need to ask: Is it our structures that put the restraint on people who want to belong? Is it our structures that frustrate those committed priests with a great love for their people who feel they can do very little?"

"This news causes me a great sorrow. I feel utterly unworthy of such dignity and incapable of properly discharging its duties. What shall I do? God only knows."

"A man of wide reading, acute mind, and judicial temperament, a lover of order and method, he has devoted himself to the task."

"Catholic solidarity should continue supporting the long-term commitment of the Church in Africa to raise awareness, to accompany the infected and the affected, to form the youth, and to face this great challenge."

"The Indian Church seeks to proclaim the gospel with the media which are today a powerful means of evangelization in Indian society. We live in a world that has dramatically increased the speed of communication. The Church can be present in the agora of the media in order to make Christ known."

"I saw the world change in the almost fifty years I've been a priest and the twelve years I've been a bishop, we never know what the future is going to hold. If we can make that act of faith that Jesus will never leave us, that he will be with us until the end of time, we can move forward with confidence."

"I don't want to sound triumphalistic, but what's clear to me is that there are some things if the church didn't do it nobody would and this is not just in terms of the caring for the ages across the spectrum, we have ministry."

"It is the Eucharist that invites us to be part of the mission of Christ. We need life in the Sydney Church to flourish."

"He who calls us to service and often places us before great tasks that frighten us gives us the strength to bear burdens and not retreat from ravenous wolves. Priestly service, episcopal service, is not private property but a gift from God to serve God’s people and all people of good will."

"The greatness of a place and its Christian determinant are best reflected today by how much it cares for the weakest and most vulnerable among us, and for the needy. Above all, our Christian identity, marked by martyrdom, is reflected in Love."

"A Church that limits itself to repeating words of wisdom, to giving advice on good social behavior, perhaps adapting, in certain fields, to a generic and "inclusive" language, or simply echoing recommendations of the state and the WHO, perhaps it will be heard. At least in appearance, it will enter the circle of politically correct. But in the end, it will be confused with other agencies of thought and customs and will lose its attractive force and its ability to be a creative minority."

"As a priest I have tried to contribute to the formation of lay men and women and to animating their active role in the Church's mission of Evangelization. As a Bishop, I hope to continue doing so. In my ministry I hope to make visible and real the Church's preferential option for the poor."

"There are more prospects for survival in Nigeria than we think exist in Europe and other places. In the midst of so much wealth and resources we have in this country Nigerians should not become beggarly and only decide to fly out of Nigeria in search of the elusive greener pastures. Many Nigerians are traveling to the developed world to enjoy the development put in place by their governments, but we have refused to develop our own country."

"I was struck by the sense of responsibility shown by everyone in the Vatican, and the weightiness of the issues they dealt with. I came away with a heightened respect for the ordinaries of all the dioceses — the amazing amount of responsibility they have and the commitment they have to their obligations and their people."

"In the Italian church there is a wealth of initiatives, aggregates, experiences whose action is not flashy but is of great value... a sensitivity to be revived and promoted. The ecumenism of charity is what is to be promoted especially in the ecclesial community of our time."

"The diocese's promise is enormous, and with God's help, and that of Catholics in places such as Australia, I will continue to bring this promise to fruition."

"We need be proclaimers of the word of God, to do that we need to be listen to the word ourselves."

"The Korean Catholic Church has always embodied the Christian virtues of "forgiveness" and "sharing", promoting these values in society while living peacefully with other religions. In the reality of living in a "divided nation", the Church has worked tirelessly over the past seven decades to resolve the conflicts inherent in this division and has striven for peace and unity for the Korean people."

"Wales, whose very identity grew out of the Christian inheritance of Rome, has forgotten its redeemer. On us has now devolved the mission of recalling the people of this part of Wales to Christ."

"We've looked down on other religions as agents of evil. We need to educate our own bishops, priests and others in this respect. Religion and faith should not separate us. Because we built walls, we have lived separately for centuries."

"There is a lack of fundamental ethical formation, therefore, we must be concerned with forming the conscience of Europeans before coming to this sort of voting, otherwise, there will be a gradual disintegration of the legacy of values that have characterized life for almost 2,000 years."

"It's not as if the Catholic church can do whatever it wants. As Catholics, we believe that God gave us some things and left some things are for us to figure out on our own. Ultimately, it makes no apologies because it's an object of faith. It's not just another club."

"The Church makes so many mistakes, we're made up of human beings and so there are errors that are made in the administration of the of the Church, especially, and we recognize that harshly."

"Our religious convictions are not a private matter. We may think our lives are private but really they are not. Our concern for family values, our sense of honesty and decency, our dedication to the church our love for the things of God, in all of these things and so many more our attention is always directed beyond to someone else. This is the way to live our lives as clergy."

"I will measure the effectiveness of my leadership by the ability and willingness of this local Church to call forth, develop and utilize the gifts and talents not only of its priests and religious but all its people."

"This is a social issue of great magnitude and we must support children, teens and young people who have suffered sexual abuse, no matter by whom."

"The most practical solution we see is the adoption of an immigration reform; this country has need of many workers in the countryside, in hotels and restaurants, in the building construction and these people just want to work."

"By Episcopal ordination and ministry, bishops are men of communion and their ministry is to ensure the unity of the Church, to love the Church with all their heart, intelligence and courage and to help others to do the same. In our world marked by individualism, we are called to discern the truth."

"It is important for us to be knowledgeable, to understand certain psychological and pedagogical principles in order to be a good teacher, but it is even more important to be a good witness to Jesus Christ, to have a disciple's spirituality, to be in an ongoing conversion to Jesus Christ, the living word of God, a conversion that turns you inside out and sets you on fire with love for God and all others, even the last, the littlest and the least."

"It turned out to be a blessing that I didn't know anything about the diocese. I didn't have any preconceived notions. I learned about the diocese's sense of openness and togetherness. I tried to cultivate that, and I know I experienced it."

"For a meaningful Good Friday, we Christians too must shed our blood, at least the excess for the use of someone else."

"Following the example of Mary, Eucharistic spirituality has to be lived also through daily offering, through commitment to peace and to unity, through solidarity towards all, particularly towards people who suffer and are alone."

"Sentiments that spring forth in our children are distinct from the examples given on television which are rooted in selfishness, violence and hatred. They have no right to manipulate our children with high-quality sitcoms that hook parents and kids, teaching them the worst sentiments: anger, vengeance, or premature love."

"We try, to explain the papal message, in the local language and frame of reference. We try to do this through courses at the diocese, but it is not easy. There is no lack of interest, but the nationalists thwart our attempts."

"So we need to keep growing in our relationship with the one who calls us. So to be with him more, the Lord Jesus, where he is, is the Eucharist, the Word proclaimed, with one another. This is the time for all of us to be one body. Is the time for the laity to take the lead with us clergy to serve the Church and God in our neighbors, to go out of our doors, to widen our tents."

"It's only when we're unsatisfied or restless, and something about our current place is not enough, that we begin a great pilgrimage."

"Ultimately, we can only truly respect other people's point of view if we first allow them to express it."

"A Christian has a big heart, ready to bring the message of salvation to every corner of the world. We ask God to transform our hearts in order to accomplish the mission of catechesis and evangelization entrusted to each of us, by virtue of our baptismal call."

"Everyone is searching for meaning and purpose in life. I believe we have something precious to offer in that search, so to help people to connect the yearnings of their heart with what we have discovered in Christ—that's the great opportunity."

"In a country that is still being plagued by civil unrest and where the government is weak, the Catholic Church has a great moral authority due to its social commitment, especially in the sectors of healthcare and education."

"We are wounded as we journey through life and I know that there are wounds in this place as there are everywhere and one of the most important things a good shepherd does is communicate the healing presence of Christ so I will humbly ask the Lord to help me to do that."

"We have to focus on things like the promise and new possibilities that Jesus can give us, the reassurance of love that our intimate relationship with Jesus can offer, the peace and forgiveness that the Holy Spirit can bestow upon us and the revelation of the plan of God that the Sacred Scriptures can reveal to us. It is turning our minds to those positive realities that makes room for the light of faith to shine."

"Let this be an opportunity to bear witness to Christ, a new form of evangelization that perhaps appeals more to young people. Certainly, this is the moment when the Church uses you to go out into the world."

"Like everyone else, the Vietnamese Catholics have adapted themselves to the environment in both rural and urban areas cooperating with others to build a new Vietnam under the motto "of rich people, strong nation and just and civilized society" fostered by the State and at the same time in the spirit "of living the Gospel in the midst of the nation.""

"Vietnamese children can learn to speak Vietnamese even though they're living in the U.S because at home the parents, their brothers and sisters, everybody at home speaks Vietnamese, likewise, Catholic family and Catholic community is very important, to have our young people to understand to profess and to live out the gospel message in our everyday life."

"Leaving home in winter at midnight to go to this frozen basilica in Filipov is, for us, like a mini-Compostela or mini-Everest."

"You can't drive to Juneau, you can only get to Juneau by air or by water. I come to the diocese of Dallas and I learned that there are no islands and all roads, so just trying to manage that is a challenge. But when people speak to me about the vastness, the number of people, I assure them: "You can only interact with one person at a time, one congregation at a time, one project at a time, so you just stay focused and lean into it.""

"To build a better world every individual must strive to do good, everywhere and with passion and genuine concern, independent from party strategies or programmes. The programme of every Christian must be a "heart which sees" where love is needed and acts accordingly."

"Once we know what our offerings support and how these dollars are spent, we learn how much the Church is doing for so many people."