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Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.

I was an altar boy. I could probably quote the Bible from beginning to end.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense.

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.

I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?