Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine… — Bernhard Langer Copy Share Image
I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
My mother converted when I was 16. She was the driving force behind religion in our family. So, I'm sure I was… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm spiritual. I'm religious. I'm a strong Christian and I'm a Catholic but I go to a Presbyterian Church. Occasionally I go… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the… — Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Copy Share Image
I have to say, as much I am respectful of people's faith and the idea of it being necessary for them, but… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
“There is but one way in which the unity of Christians may be fostered, and that is by furthering the return to… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
While we were walking around, we came to the Catholic church, and we saw that some people had set fire to carpets… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . .… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Galileo got into trouble because he maintained that since the new discoveries seemed to contradict scripture, those passages of scripture should be… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
“The recasting of the Origin Myth as a story about the perils of disobedience precipitated a kind of decoupling of scripture from… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that most men… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think people who are horrifically abused as children and then start to repeat the same thing to their own offspring or… — Rupert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox -… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine - but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church sees voluntary vampirism as a kind of suicide. I tend to agree. Though the Pope also excommunicated all animators,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
For many years, despite what I thought were really punitive decisions about women in the church, I stayed and stayed and stayed.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
Through the confessional system, the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
One footnote says that divorced and remarried faithful, who are not recognized by the Catholic Church because it upholds the indissolubility of… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal,… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
Once the Roman Catholic Church in the West became the church most closely connected with the state, the Roman Catholic Church did… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
“But here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take place… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
“Celebration toward the east fosters silence. Indeed, there is less temptation for the celebrant to monopolize the conversation. Facing the Lord, he… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
In my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
I said the rosary, and I said the Our Father, as they call it in the Catholic Church. One of the things… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's the reality in the Catholic Church today You don't want to build something that will be OK for now, when you… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
Everywhere in the world there are ignorance and prejudice, but the greatest complex of these, with the most extensive prestige and the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I have very good relations with Pope Francis. I read constantly what he says and follow his speeches. Pope Francis has come… — Nicolas Maduro Copy Share Image
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