"The real issues are that religion has dropped out of the critical stuff in culture and has banalized God, and the clergy have become caretakers stumbling along with no real leadership. And any leadership they get from the Church is, ‘Don’t do this, don’t do that.’ The great prophets are not being listened to, the moral high ground has been given up, and we’re all told to just hide out like the rebel force against the empire. Except we can’t win it back by violence. We can win only by prayer and doing the tiny day-to-day things that generate good energy. Like helping some throw-away slum kids."

Father Joe