“I pray that that will continue because it is so important not just for good government, but for the good care of our people who look here to all of you and your colleagues for the kind of leadership that is not destructive or too intensely partisan.”
“In the last few days, we have witnessed a period of greater civility in the selection of our chief justice, ... I pray that that will continue because it is so important not just for good government, but for the good care of our people who look here to all of you and your colleagues for the kind of leadership that is not destructive or too intensely partisan.”
“I accept the Holy Father's decision with gratitude and confidence, ... The confidence is based on the fact that I can count on the help of God. . . . The gratitude comes from the privilege of working with my brother bishops and priests, deacons and religious, whose generosity and zeal I have already experienced over the last four and a half years.”
“It is important to look at the whole person. One issue of many that are looked at in the overall evaluation process is in the area of human sexuality, ... Applicants for the Archdiocese of Washington must have a demonstrated commitment to living a chaste life and must fully embrace, through belief and action, the Church's teachings, including those on human sexuality.”
