Cardinal Vincent Nichols Interview

"I chose this way [the way of celibate chastity] because of the example of other priests...[I saw that] they were happy."

Regarding suicide and abortion: "What we need for dying is care, not killing."

"We have systems in place that help to create a culture of safeguarding."

Plinthos: Yes, now the bishops treat all priests as criminals with required on-going training sessions for all innocent priests, and, in the US, the red-tape of redundant "Letters of Suitability," just to say Mass when a priest visits a church in another diocese! The hierarchy abuses the priests in response to the own negligence!

"But, forgiveness does not guarantee no future offences."

"The English monarch was the 'Provider and Protector' of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls."

Given the newfound mutual respect between the English Monarchy and the Vatican, "There is great hope for the role of religion in society."