We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Because of this, I feel I am performing a work of love, not of hostility. I do not aim to accuse the… — Adalbert de Vogue monk of La Pierre-qui-Vire Copy Share Image
Most recently, the President's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum -- a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether… — John Bright Copy Share Image
This my goodness does to endow the souls of the just more fully with spiritual riches when for my love they are… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I wrote to my bishop, the Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland, and explained that I wanted not just permission to stay longer, but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I was raised Catholic. But if someone says I was raised in some religion, that's insufficient information to actually know what was… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I accepted Christ at a young age, at the age of six years old, and just tried to play hockey and balance… — Mike Fisher Copy Share Image
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All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping… — Malaika Arora Khan Copy Share Image
We took our Catholicism very seriously. We never missed Mass; our father was a lector, and both our parents taught catechism. At… — Stephen J. Dubner 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
The form of religion was always a trivial matter to me. ... The pageantry of the Roman Church that first mothered and… — Mary Catherwood Copy Share Image
I think, internally, we Catholics have known this for a long time. I think we're just thrilled and grateful that the rest… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War,… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
“By way of parenthesis let me say that this hand on the tomb has a lovely lesson for all those unfortunate members… — M. Raymond Copy Share Image
I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at… — Bobby Bowden Copy Share Image
Why was Christ so compassionate towards sexual sinners, especially women? Think of the woman caught in adultery. Think of the prostitute who… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
I happen to be catholic, and I heard that the pope was asking that we abolish the death penalty and I would… — John Cabello Copy Share Image
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“What our closest friends do for us is to teach us true selflessness. We learn that while it might be safer for… — Mark Mossa Copy Share Image
I think I would always tell school kids that, you know, they'd say, "When did you get interested in politics?" I said,… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I lived in a low-income Black community, grew up with kids on welfare and with Black folks driving Cadillacs, going to private… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I am a Catholic. I can't say that without pointing out that I oppose abortion with all my heart and soul. Bill… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Some psychologists argue that the idea of God is a response to our emotional needs, but this presumption is backwards. Our emotional… — Tarek Saab Copy Share Image
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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
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Without radical humility that is expressed in gestures of adoration and in sacred rituals, no friendship with God is possible. Silence manifests… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
My parents had us in church every Sunday, every Wednesday. It was more of a tradition at that point; I didn't have… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
“I have dedicated my life to fight against the heinous rottenness of modern capitalism because it robs the laborer of this world's… — Charles E. Coughlin Copy Share Image
I remember one time when all the nuns in my Catholic grade school got around in a semicircle, me and Mom in… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
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