Verbatim.

"Note that it says 'Oh, Lord, I am not worthy.' It does not say, 'Oh, Lord, my neighbor is not worthy.'"

--Bishop John F. Kinney of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota in a letter titled "Holy Communion must nor be used as a weapon" referring w the prayer Catholics say before Communion (May 27, 2004)

"I'd say these children abused me. They'd dive in my lap to get sexual excitement."

--Father Maurice Grammond, now deceased, in a court deposition responding to accusations he abused more than 50 boys in the Archdiocese of Portland throughout the 1980s (Associated Press, July 6, 2004)

"We try to have lyrics to uplift Muslim youth . We want them to know that Islam can be strong and cool."

--Luqman Rashad, a member of the Muslim hip-hop band MPAC (Chicago Tribune, June 30, 2004)

"A segregated spiritual subculture does women no good, even if it does have adorable butterflies in the logo."

--Writer Frederica Mathewes-Green, on the problems with "women's spirituality" (beliefnet.com, June 30, 2004)

"I'm here today because I'm concerned that ... people are not paying attention to the fact that people were sexually abused by nuns and sisters."

--Mary Guentner, 46, who says she was sexually abused by a nun for four years, in a statement to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (The Washington Post, July 14, 2004)