Ascension’s Fr O’Malley spares five minutes for Catholic New World . . .

. . . and comes up looking very good. For instance, on being a priest:

I love being a priest. Theres nothing Id rather do. Ive never doubted it one day of my life. I thank God every day for calling me to be his priest. I feel for my buddies who are torn with what they should do.

He looks like he loves it, and that can be a tonic for a parishioner.

He and the interviewer, Dolores Madlener, handled his female-priest history very nicely:

I think I have a good relationship with Cardinal George. Hes called me in a few times. We talked about women priests, and I had to apologize in the bulletin for promoting that, but we had a good discussion. Hes very gracious and always has a beverage there for me. We may not agree on a lot, but we can talk about it. When…