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It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Arts Believed Catholics Collapsed Generally Going Graduate Intellectuals Interested Not Interested Put Schools Science Test Were

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One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Cannot Develop Did Escape Fact Harsh Last Last Year New Priesthood Problems Profession Serious Very Year Yesterday

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Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

~Andrew Greeley

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Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Around Both Country Image Improve Local Membership National Organizations Priest Problem Programs Realize Serious Should Undertake

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The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Able About Being Catholic Men More Priests Than Upset Women

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The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Century Church Dry Half Ice Instead Lead Leadership Lost Movement Nerve Plug Previous Pulled Reform Return Still Taking Tried Trying

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There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Always Authority Back Been Certain Changed Church Doing Early Issues Leave People Proportion Research Sex Since Started Who 1960S

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Two studies from the year 2000, however, indicate that Catholics give lower ratings to their clergy's ministerial activities across the board than do Protestants.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Across Activities Board Catholics Clergy Give However Indicate Lower Ratings Studies Than Two Year

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Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: About Around Been Campfire Down Evil God Good Love Love Stories Passed People Religion Spirits Stories Tell Through Well Years

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Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Agencies Because Better Deliberately Dumb Essential He Hear Him Intelligence Intelligence Agencies Lied Much People President Taken Than Those Thought Wanted War Who Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: February 5th, 1928

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