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I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Persecutions are inevitable as a Christian. We are not greater than our Master, Jesus Christ, in whose Holy Spirit we gain strength to endure.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in limiting the freedom of theologians. This is not an easy time - neither for Rome nor for the theologians.

A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when there will be a revision of centuries.

The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way they did it was to say, the Jews killed our hero too. And so Christians began to define themselves over against the orthodox party of the Jews as a way of surviving against the Roman onslaught.

The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.

Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question.