Verbatim. (signs of the times).

"The World Trade Center was in retaliation for something else, and that was in retaliation for something else. Are we going to continue this in perpetuity? We have to say at some point, `OK, let's find another way to do this."

--Judy Keane, whose husband, Richard, was killed in the September 11 attacks 

"[Islamic] fundamentalists see the Western world as a pool of corruption and [believe] that only Islam brings salvation. The other faces of Islam--the more moderate, pacifist, those that sought dialogue--were always ignored and left on the side by us Westerners. Let us therefore not be shocked by this unprecedented explosion of violence."

--Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies Professor Father Giuseppe Scattolin (quoted by MISNA, Oct. 1, 2001)

"Violence, at its core, is a spiritual malaise and can only be fully eradicated through personal conversion leading to ongoing transformation."

--Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, from his pastoral letter on domestic violence (quoted in Catholic Trends, July 26, 2001)

"As horrendous as it is, the tragedy of September 11 could have been far worse. No `missile defense shield' could have prevented it No act at retaliation will prevent something like it again. A community of peoples bound by justice must be our shield."

--Catholic Worker Tom Cornell (quoted on catholicworker.org)