Aidan Rooney:  

Aidan is from Staten Island, New York. Aidan's schools include St. John's University. Aidan works(ed) at Vincentian Bolivian Altiplano Mission, Congregation Of The Mission, St. John's University. Music Aidan likes includes Betsy Joslyn, Cole Porter, Mariano Vicentino. TV shows Aidan likes include House. One of Aidan's favorite quotes is:"Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals. Without this hard work, time becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always right to do right.(MLK, Jr. Commencement Address at Oberlin College, 1964)) “Over the Pope as expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there stands one’s own conscience which must be obeyed before all else, even if necessary against the requirement of ecclesiastical authority. This emphasis on the individual, whose conscience confronts him (sic) with a supreme and ultimate tribunal, and one which in the last resort is beyond the claim of external social groups, even the official Church, also establishes a principle in opposition to increasing totalitarianism”. (Joseph Ratzinger in: Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II ,Vol. V., pg. 134 (Ed) H. Vorgrimler, New York, Herder and Herder, 1967) "...there's what one might term the "World Church" outlook. In a nutshell, it holds that secularism is really only a pressing challenge in the West. In most other parts of the world, the grass-roots reality is instead flourishing religious plural...Expand for more