ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II
TO THE CARDINALS OF THE UNITED STATES
Tuesday, April 23, 2002

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2002/april/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20020423_usa-cardinals_en.html

Even during this recent crisis in the Church, Our Holy Father has continued to repeat his message on the importance of marriage and family life. In an address to the Cardinals of the United States in Rome on April 23, 2002, he included the following:

“It must be absolutely clear to the Catholic faithful, and to the wider community, that Bishops and superiors are concerned, above all else, with the spiritual good of souls. People need to know that there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young. They must know that Bishops and priests are totally committed to the fullness of Catholic truth on matters of sexual morality, a truth as essential to the renewal of the priesthood and the episcopate as it is to the renewal of marriage and family life.”