A legend has been called home to God,

I hope and pray that you can always continue to say, 'I'm proud to be a Catholic,'

absolute in his love for the church.

In her own simple way, Rosa Parks changed the history of our nation. She forced us to recognize the dignity of every person. She was a prophet -- a common instrument of God inviting us and challenging us to a new vision of solidarity, equality and justice. We were blessed to have her as citizen of Detroit.

When you're a brand new band, there's a tingly sort of feeling you get when you play a song that you just wrote.

We're being not overprotective but special, and careful, about it because it is special. We don't want it to get lost in the shuffle of the Christmas (rush). We want everything to be right, whether it's the artwork or the title. We're quite precious about it, but I think that's good.