Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion… — William Blum Copy Share Image
My grandmother lived on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, and she used to go to church every day. She'd go in, light… — Leah Remini Copy Share Image
I was brought up a strict Christian. My father was a lay preacher, my mother a church warden. The rhythm and ritual… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological… — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed,… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
Although I am a committed Catholic priest, and nowhere hide that fact, my focus is very much a spiritual journey. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried… — Jonathan Davis Copy Share Image
Keeping your coat on indoors in Russia, no matter how public the place, is far worse than keeping your hat on as… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Growing up, Catholic church really was such an incubator for my imagination, because all of those mysteries felt embedded in this insanely… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
I'm a New Testament Christian. I reject and throw out titles. I'm not a fundamentalist, though I'm fundamental in all of my… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In 1989 at Greater Saint Steven Full Gospel Church, I gave my life to Christ. That's pretty much where it all started… — Avery Johnson Copy Share Image
Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not clearly tell you so. For it was Jesus… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great… — Frances O'Connor Copy Share Image
Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them… — Saint Sebastian Copy Share Image
It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I’m a total atheist, and for me it’s just about trying to find something that rises above the banal day-to-day bullshit of… — Myla Goldberg Copy Share Image
Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I went to a Catholic school. The private school was good - the teachers wanted all of us to have the freedom… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most… — Adolph Kolping Copy Share Image
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes. — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade… — Bob Gunton Copy Share Image
Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents were Christians - Catholics, but not in the close-minded sense. I remember my mother to be a very pious woman,… — Helmut Kohl Copy Share Image
The idea of being a practicing Catholic, it's - for me, it's like - I need a lot of practice, you know… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It's amazing how much detail Catholics will go into documenting why people shouldn't do the things that they all do anyway. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up in the Catholic church, but I went to a Catholic high school and a Catholic college, and the… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life. — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
