Verbatim.

"This is a phenomenal change from the days when the pope was considered by evangelicals who were not on the fringe as the Antichrist."

--Rev. Richard Cizik, head of government affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, on the growing alliance between evangelicals and conservative Catholics on issues like gay marriage (The New York Times, May 30, 2004)

"Huge, huge, huge ... They'll sell in a heartbeat, overnight, in 10 minutes."

--Real estate agent Peter LaBranche of Newton, Massachusetts, on the Boston archdiocesan churches to be sold. Many are expected to be converted into luxury condominiums (The New York Times, June 13, 2004)

"It's like you take the New York Yankees and you move them to a different dugout. They still wear pinstripes, they still break your heart every year ... but you call them the Pawtucket Red Sox."

--Terence Noonan, attorney of the Boston Archdiocesan Teachers Association, alleging that the archdiocese's decision to make its high schools independent was really union busting (Associated Press, June 4, 2004)

"You cannot have your 'waffle' and your 'wafer,' too."

--Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando, who asked pro-choice Catholic politicians to refrain from receiving Communion (Zenit, May 20, 2004)

"God bless America."

--Pope John Paul II, thanking President Bush for the Medal of Freedom (Associated Press, June 4, 2004)