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
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
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
I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In a real world, the one outside the rarified atmosphere where Popes meet Archbishops of Canterbury, people no longer care whether somebody… — Tom Harpur Copy Share Image
“Domestic society being confirmed, therefore, by this bond of love, there should flourish in it that "order of love," as St. Augustine… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
My parents, neither one of them went to college. That wasn't available to them. But, you know, we had a wonderful life.… — Tad Devine Copy Share Image
When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
[Sviatoslav] Schevchuk, in the dogmatic part declares himself to be a son of the Church and in communion with the bishop of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I grew up in the north of Chile, and this is why there are a lot of religious symbols in my pictures,… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble Cuauhtémoc said: "I am not on… — Ruben Dario 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
“I was raised as a Baptist in the Bible Belt of the South. Until the age of 37, I had never heard… — Kimberly Eady 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
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
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
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 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
“I once read a short story about some cannibals who didn't turn their victims into steaks and chops and roasts; they made… — Pete Hautman 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
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
“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
“The reason so many people hesitate to go on retreat is that they are afraid of having light shed on their soul… — Marcel Lefebvre 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 was nurtured in the church; I went to a Catholic school; I was an altar boy; I went to a Catholic… — Bruce Babbitt 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