The "first and most important thing" is "getting out in the field and meeting the people," Archbishop Gregory said.

God is continually inviting us to growth and continually enabling us to let some things in our life die so that we can experience new life.

“One of the first things that dictators do is to remove the freedom of the press,” he said.

The problem is not the priesthood; the problem is clericalism.

When doctors, nurses and health care workers conscientiously object to a procedure to protect the life and dignity of their patients, they must do so respectfully, Pope Francis said.

Our survey of Catholic women found little opposition to the ordination of women as permanent deacons, but a survey of U.S. bishops revealed more skepticism of the idea.