I never went to church. The priests couldn't scare me with all that crap about hell, but somehow I knew, inside of… — Jake LaMotta Copy Share Image
Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I… — James Lecesne Copy Share Image
I grew up Presbyterian, just a basic Protestant upbringing. There were years in my life when I would go to church every… — Andy Dick Copy Share Image
Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One might just as well trust in the "good luck" of a rabbit's foot as to hope for spiritual benefit from a… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
Catholics are against abortions. Catholics are against homosexuals. But, I can't think of anyone who has less abortions than homosexuals! — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
“Books are the food of the soul. Good and wholesome food given to a hungry body will nourish it, but if the… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
“By becoming clearly contemplative in a matter of weeks, my prayer had been given a particular and novel cast; and this was… — Jean Déchanet Copy Share Image
As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
The Catholic church had a huge profound influence on me in that as you get older you realize that you can't blame… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Listen, street punk. You're a guy, and you're a couple inches taller, and maybe forty pounds heavier, and ooh, you're in a… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
There are people who say, 'Oh every time Catholics make the sign of the cross they re-crucify Christ.' Look, that's what comes… — John Corapi Copy Share Image
The Catholic hierarchy has become more conservative. What we don't know is whether [Catholic voters] will become increasingly conservative, or .. stay… — John Green Copy Share Image
What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Ive always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater.… — Daniela Bobadilla Copy Share Image
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you… — Bible 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
I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
If you divide Christians into denominations, agnostics and atheists come in third, behind Catholics and Baptists. That's interesting when you contrast it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I felt my guilt level shoot straight from five—the amount Catholic girls, good or bad, were taught to carry at all times—to… — Traci Andrighetti Copy Share Image
I'd been raised Mormon, but there comes a time where you are not following what you've been taught, but discovering for yourself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I got baptized in June of 2001, I think. But I always went to church camp, went to church every Sunday, went… — Ricky Stenhouse Jr Copy Share Image
A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the Bible for a guide to living a compassionate, wise and humane life, well, frankly you've got more… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also… — Salvatore J. Cordileone Copy Share Image
I didn't have a rigidly enforced religious parental pressure, but I did have a few years in my mid-teens of turning to… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
A Roman Catholic worships a god who speaks through the Pope, while a Baptist worships a god who does not. They cannot… — Judith Hayes Copy Share Image
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit. — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
My dad was a Buddhist when I was young, so when I was begging to become a Catholic, he was saying no… — Sean Astin Copy Share Image
I left because I decided it just really wasn't for me, and I got a better understanding of what the Catholic Church… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
“Evidence is of no longer consequence when hope enters the fray, and this is where faith is born—a seemingly abundant commodity certain… — Justin Villanueva Copy Share Image
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