“Fernanda was scandalized that she did not understand the relationship of Catholicism with life but only its relationship with death, as if… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
God of love and wisdom, a misunderstanding almost most led to war among the Israelites, help me to avoid jumping to conclusions… — Jos 22:13-20 Copy Share Image
I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A folkish state must therefore begin by raising marriage from the level of a continuous defilement of the race, and give it… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic as a boy and went to a Catholic boys' high school, a private school, and kind of… — James Balog Copy Share Image
“The first days of January 1942 brought enormous amounts of snow. The reader already knows what snow meant for the clergy. But… — Jean Bernard Copy Share Image
The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, faith is often the sole foundation of a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“Evil demons dwelling in underworlds, Gods sitting on-high, angels battling and protecting. We have become so wrapped up in these stories, and… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Now: unlike ourselves, the Father of Jesus loves men and women, not for what He finds in them, but for what lies… — James Burtschaell Copy Share Image
“The Catholic Church built and ran hospitals, schools, and centres for the poor and unemployed generations before the secular state became involved,… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
In other words, all these things you might cling to, Catholicism, democratic ideals, Hasidism, Marxism, Freudianism, all of these things are exposed… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like,… — Julia Sweeney Copy Share Image
Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong.… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens… — Frei Betto Copy Share Image
“Catholicism ... tries to grab all the poker chips on the table, kick everybody out of the game, and then pretend they… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
In Catholicism, we would say you're going to be judged, so therefore you should do better now. For me, Buddhism is somewhat… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Catholicism has made man stupid, but it has not degraded him; it has introduced as many good and beautiful things as bad… — Henry de Montherlant Copy Share Image
We're used to institutional-maintenance Catholicism, in which the institution ticks along by its own inertia and people are "born" into the Church.… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
All in all, this whole period of winter 1919-20 was a single struggle to strengthen confidence in the victorious might of the… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that although they have a respectable sales pitch, this business of a priest having the power to let… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt… — Bill McCartney Copy Share Image
[Pope] Francis communicates the pastoral embrace of the Church, the breadth and inclusiveness of Catholicism symbolized by the Bernini colonnade around St.… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to… — Bernadette Soubirous Copy Share Image
What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an… — Grimes Copy Share Image
“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox Fathers, always… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
We must not seek the child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs. We must seek him among the undernourished… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations. Catholicism is a lifestyle. Catholicism is a way of life designed by… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty:… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I believe that Judaism was an improvement on polytheism; Christianity was an improvement on Judaism (to some degree and in some departments… — Thomas Ferguson Copy Share Image
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