“One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable," she had told Richard. "You can find anyone… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything… — Giles Gilbert Scott Copy Share Image
The beauty of the Catholic church is that it has a sacramental structure that can hold its own with the best out… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
As for the Jews, I am just carrying on with the same policy which the Catholic Church has adopted for fifteen hundred… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
In some states, it is illegal to turn down a same-sex couple when you're placing children for adoption. That's discrimination. But in… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Let us pray for the Catholic Church; for the Churches throughout the whole world; that is, for their truth, unity, and stability;… — Lancelot Andrewes Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her.… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
My favorite story about O'Connor - one of them - is I was in Toronto at a pro-life conference.I had a session… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In the middle-class United States, a veneer of "alternative lifestyles" disguises the reality that, here as everywhere, women's apparent "choices" whether or… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In contrast, traditional Catholic churches serve vast numbers of people who have little or nothing in common, and they are often impersonal… — Penny Lernoux Copy Share Image
The fact that a Jewish state needs to exist at all - and it does need to exist - is an indictment… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
Here's the problem with Easter. The Catholic Church needs to pick a date because it keeps moving. And I think the reason… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I need to learn not to bend over backwards to be nice to faith-heads. Give these people an inch and they take… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord.… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
When table utensils were invented in the 1100s, the Catholic Church condemned them as obscene and heretical, claiming, 'God gave us fingers… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
Following a meeting with Hitler, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, a man who had 'courageously criticized the Nazi attacks on the Catholic Church'… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
“Apart from the museums that anchor the great cities of Europe and America, the Roman Catholic Church is what remains of "Christendom,"… — James Carroll Copy Share Image
A move of the Spirit of God is coming to the Catholic Church. The youth in particular will be ignited with a… — Patricia King Copy Share Image
Who provides the love and a path to reconciliation? It's not Planned Parenthood; it's the Catholic Church, the other Christian churches, and… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
It didn't matter if it was the Catholic Church or Episcopal Church or Presbyterian Church and it still doesn't today. I just… — Lisa Rinna Copy Share Image
Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
That phrase "hocus-pocus" started out as "hocus-pocus dominocus", and was, in the beginning, a mocking imitation of the holy incantations of the… — L. M. Boyd Copy Share Image
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been… — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image