Pope Quotes · Page 7

If (Declan) Kidney had gone for religion instead of teaching, he would have been Pope.

— George Hook

You don't have to be Pope Julius to have great art in your house.

— Lynda Resnick

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.

— Vito Fossella

The Catholic Church [with Pope John Paul II] has lost its shepherd. The world has lost a champion of human freedom.

— Chris Matthews

Pope is questioning my faith. I was very surprised to see it. But I am a Christian, and I'm proud of it.

— Donald Trump

The Pope also said that while he's in town he would like to go see 'The Book of Mormon.'

— David Letterman

I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

— Desmond Tutu

The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.

— David Novak

I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I…

— Ricky Schroder

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the…

— Denis Leary

Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever…

— Richard Rohr

If I were a Catholic, I'd be asking what's going on here. I really would. "The pope also broke with his predecessors…

— Rush Limbaugh

The pope can go ahead and claim that Trump is not a Christian, but you can't go there when we talking about…

— Rush Limbaugh

When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must…

— Giacomo Casanova

Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we…

— Daniel Defoe

“Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be…

— Anonymous

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust…

— Anonymous

As Pope Francis says in Amoris laetitia, pastors must "make room for the consciences of the faithful, who very often respond as…

— John I. Jenkins

The fields are still ripe for harvesting (cf. Jn 4:35); God continues to give the growth (cf. 1 Cor 3:6). We can…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The hope is that papal calls for a New Pentecost, which go back to St. John XXIII, and papal calls for a…

— Ralph Martin

In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the…

— Carl Bernstein

Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar…

— Rush Limbaugh

In the Apostolic Exhortation 'Amoris Laetitia,' Pope Francis speaks only in one point about homosexual tendencies. As did the last synod, the…

— Christoph Schonborn

I believe in the importance of unity among those who know Christ, who profess to be "Christians." . . . I believe…

— James Robison

Walking into the Ryman with Lester Flatt was the equivalent of walking into the Vatican with the pope.

— Marty Stuart

It is necessary to salvation that all Christians be subject to the pope.

— Pope Boniface VIII

Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.

— Sylvia Poggioli

I want the Pope to have the Christ consciousness. I don't want to just talk about Christ.

— George Harrison

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!

— George Bernard Shaw

You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you.

— Farah Diba

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that…

— Oriana Fallaci

I totally respect the pope, and I totally respect the Catholic bishops and cardinals on doctrine.

— Steve Bannon

Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.

— Lord Byron

I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.

— William Tyndale

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

— Sylvester Stallone

The Holy Spirit, not the pope, is the vicar of Christ on earth.

— Adoniram Judson Gordon

The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.

— Pope Paul VI

The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.

— Voltaire

If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him.

— Pope Pius IX

I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something.

— Elaine Stritch