Sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith. For me,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
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All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A so-called news organization called the Denver Guardian - which, by the way, doesn't exist - wrote an article and pushed it… — Vivian Schiller Copy Share Image
I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls -… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church… I remind you, my dear friends, of… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
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When you hear voices in your head that tell you to shoot the pope, do you do what they say? Same thing… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
People that support Donald Trump are gonna circle the wagons around Trump even more so after this. This isn't gonna cause Catholics… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In anticipation of Pope Benedict's trip to New York next week, t-shirts, mugs, posters and Pope bobblehead dolls are going on sale… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
When Benedict dies, he will have the pleasure of standing before whatever furious God he believes in, to answer for how it… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
I wanted to say, "Hey, Pope Francis," but I cried like a baby. I was reduced to a very humble set of… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The poetical tendency of the present and of the preceding century has been divided in a manner singularly curious. One loud and… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
But ripped out of context, ["Who am I to judge?" phrase] has become an all-purpose filter through which everything else - including… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
“[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
We as the Church need to express wherever appropriate and wherever possible our stance against the death penalty. We need to talk… — Gabino Zavala Copy Share Image
I pray the Pope [Francis] can use his moral authority to inspire true religious freedom, and bring us closer to the day… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
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Because I know that the early Greeks and Romans and the early Europeans at that age did not see racism as we… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
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The question is gonna be, what is the pope doing? For whom is the pope doing it, if the pope is doing… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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[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
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I think what Pope Francis is saying is that nobody's perfect, you know? And so someone like Joe Biden, you know, where… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
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![“Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church… I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said when I was with you: do not receive any outside or unknown preacher, unless he be sent by your bishop or preaches with the permission of the pope. For "how shall they…” quote by Bernard of Clairvaux](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ea6/bernard-of-clairvaux-3845_bishops_obey-your-bishop-obey-those-set-over-you_2063151.jpg)
![“But ripped out of context, ["Who am I to judge?" phrase] has become an all-purpose filter through which everything else - including the pope's multiple reaffirmations of Humanae Vitae, Paul VI's encyclical on the morally appropriate means of family planning - gets airbrushed out of the picture.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b1d/george-weigel-9372_appropriate_but-ripped-out-of-context-who-am-i-to-ju_146817.jpg)
![“[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are marching. Men and women are dying everywhere, in huge numbers. Fields are abandoned and towns deserted. The wrath of the Lord is upon us and He may be intending to destroy the…” quote by Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dd8/iain-pears-9652_chaos_pope-clement-waved-his-hands-in-irritati_2303657.jpg)
![“A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility of the pope, or obedience to any church official if it is against my conscience. I am not interested in earning "merit" or in…” quote by Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0f0/ammon-hennacy-33177_anarchist_a-christian-anarchist-has-no-business-be_2906303.png)
![“Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been closed and claustrophobic for 35 years under John Paul II and Benedict XVI. I defy anyone who, over the last 35 years, has spent time on the campuses of Notre Dame or…” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4fe/george-weigel-9372_benedict-xvi_perhaps-the-dumbest-of-these-story-lines_1945253.jpg)
![“I pray the Pope [Francis] can use his moral authority to inspire true religious freedom, and bring us closer to the day when freedom can finally take root on the island country; because only then will the people of Cuba prosper and have the opportunity to live out God's plan.” quote by Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/990/marco-rubio-355_authority_i-pray-the-pope-francis-can-use-his-mora_1464407.jpg)
![“[Sviatoslav] Schevchuk, in the dogmatic part declares himself to be a son of the Church and in communion with the bishop of Rome and the Church. He speaks of the Pope and his closeness of the Pope and of himself, his faith, and also of the Orthodox people there. The dogmatic part, there's no…” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fb6/pope-francis-85_bishops_sviatoslav-schevchuk-in-the-dogmatic-par_464672.jpg)
