Why Be Catholic? Quotes

“Too often we as Americans live in the immediacy of the present. We forget that most of the problems we face today as individuals and as a society have been addressed by the Church century after century. The solution to many individual problems (usually referred to as personal sins) is to live the gospel in community. The solution to many social problems (often referred to as social evils) is to share the gospel with the world. How quickly we Americans forget that”
― Richard Rohr, Why Be Catholic?: Understanding Our Experience and Tradition

“Those who protest against changes brought about since Vatican II, insinuating that the Church has abandoned its tradition, obviously take a rather shortsighted view of tradition. They have in mind only the traditions of the past 400 years or so and overlook changes that actually occurred in the Church during the centuries following the Council of Trent. More importantly, they lose sight of the 2,000-year history of growth and renewal in the Church, which is the great tradition of Catholicism”
― Richard Rohr, Why Be Catholic?: Understanding Our Experience and Tradition