John D.S. Allen

I am truly honored to be nominated by the President to command the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan.

the fact that this guy was convicted of sexual abuse in 1986... and yet apparently, continued to work in a series of parishes in southern Germany for the next quarter century.

I think to some extent, when this first broke, people like John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger, who is now Benedict XVI, men who obviously take their priestly vows very seriously, simply could not believe that priests in such significant…

But what Benedict has been trying to tell the American public and the American church this week, is that maybe it's taken him some time but now he gets it.

This is about recognizing the inherent dignity of each and every human person to believe and to worship as he or she sees fit.

Christians in Saudi Arabia ought to be able to build churches; they ought to be able to import bibles and catechisms; they ought to be able to celebrate their faith openly, all of which is presently prohibited by Saudi law.

Christians in Saudi Arabia ought to be able to build churches. They ought to be able to import bibles and catechisms. They ought to be able to celebrate their faith openly, all of which is presently prohibited by Saudi law.

This is about recognizing the inherent dignity of each and every human person to believe and to worship as he or she sees fit.

I think that resignation was just completely inconsistent with the psychology of the man.

There's a strong sense among many cardinals that, particularly over the later years of John Paul's reign, too much power got concentrated here in Rome.

If there are two words you had to use to sum up what cardinals seem to be saying they are looking for in the next pope, they would be optimism and hope.

People have these notions that there are vast islands of wealth here. I mean, the truth is, the Vatican's a pretty lean and mean operation.

In England today -- today, there are more Muslims that go to mosque on Friday, than there are Anglicans, practicing Anglicans that go to church on Sunday.

The idea of waking up one morning and finding that the Holy Land is empty of Christians, is a really devastating concept.