QUOTATION: Conditional Faith Produces Conditional Catholics

Maybe people are led to think, the Church will change its position on this or that or the other thing. The "maybes" of conditionality produce conditional Catholics, and conditional Catholics are deprived of the joy of unqualified discipleship.

--Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 'To Propose The Truth'

QUOTATION: Being Counter-Cultural

Whether "in season or out of season," those who propose Christian truth must always cultivate the courage to be counter-cultural. Until Our Lord returns in glory, we will be wrestling with what it means to be in the world but not of the world.

--Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 'To Propose The Truth'

QUOTATION: Dissent and Ignorance

Our situation is best described not in terms of dissent but of widespread ignorance and confusion. Admittedly, the problem is compounded by the fact that there are some who do dissent-theologians and others who are not above employing ignorance and confusion to advance their own views.

--Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 'To Propose The Truth'

QUOTATION: Church Doctrines on Sexuality

It is no secret that the Church's teaching on sexuality, marriage, and family is ignored by many Catholics and is derided by the world. This is not to say that the teaching is rejected, for to be rejected it must be understood, and to be understood it must be taught. All too frequently the Church's truth about marriage and the family is not taught-not confidently, not persistently, not winsomely, not with conviction.

--Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, 'To Propose The Truth'