“Sounds good to me.”
Archbishop Philip Hannan
The former archbishop of New Orleans, who died last month, was responding from his hospital bed to the part of the Sacrament of the Sick that offers absolution from sin in the name of Jesus. His last words were quoted by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. (RNS)
“If there are extra-terrestrial intelligent beings at all, it is safe to assume that most of them are sinners, too.”
Christian Weidemann
The religion professor at Germany’s Ruhr-University Bochum was speaking at a conference on whether Jesus’ death offered salvation for any intelligent life on other planets. He was quoted by London’s Daily Mail.
“They’re wooing us. It feels really good.”
Andrea Farrier
The Kalona, Iowa, mother, who homeschools her daughters, was referring to the Republican presidential candidates who are vying for the support of homeschoolers like her. She was quoted by the news service Reuters.