God, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept

Reason Is Not The Sole Basis Of Moral Virtue In Man. His Social Impulses Are More Deeply Rooted Than His Rational Life.

A Church Has The Right To Set Its Own Standards Within Its Community. I Don't Think It Has A Right To Prohibit Birth Control Or To Enforce Upon A Secular Society Its Conception Of Divorce And The Indissolubility Of The Marriage Tie.

It Is Significant That It Is As Difficult To Get Charity Out Of Piety As To Get Reasonableness Out Of Rationalism.

You Might Get Rid Of The Bishop And Get To The Local Ku Klux Klan Leader. That, On The Whole, Has Been The Fate Of Certain Types Of Protestantism. They Get Under The Control Of A White Citizens Council While The Catholic Church Has An Authoritarian System, Yes, In Which The Bishop Expresses The Conscience Of The Whole Christian Community And They Say There Are Some Things That You Can't Do On This Matter.

We Have Had To Learn That History Is Neither A God Nor A Redeemer.