Jesuit Professor John F. Kavanaugh, S.J.

"The question for us is whether we believe in Christ,

"without whom all of our hierarchy, sacraments, laws and traditions...

"... are emptiness."



Random snippets adapted from his article Deeds, Not Words. Published in the Jesuit magazine America, May 3, 2010.

"We are at a crossroads: the way of Maciel or the way of Romero.

"If there are priests and bishops who think they are better than other followers of Christ, or presume that they are to be served and honored, or who think their privileges and interests are more important than the people of God, they are destined to failure as ministers of the Gospel and will bring scandal on the Church.

"Like all great reforms in the history of the church, we may be called to repent of the ways we have lorded it over others.

"Such change however, is not effected by mere words.

"We need to act out the truth rather than merely utter it.

"Our problem is not that we are too Catholic or not Catholic enough.

"The question for us is whether we believe in Christ, without whom all of our hierarchy, sacraments, laws and traditions are emptiness..."