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A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.

I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

What cursed spirit of falsehood moveth priests to close themselves within stone walls for all their life, since Christ commanded all his apostles and priests to go into all the world, and to preach the Gospel?

Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous. The local bishop should be the one to relate to theologians to determine orthodoxy.

The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .

There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church.

Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.