In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend. — Giles of Assisi Copy Share Image
The Catholic church is the biggest financial power, wealth accumulator and property owner in existence. She is a greater possessor of material… — Avro Manhattan Copy Share Image
There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles;… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“So are we actually cooking Radiasure?" Carols asks as he plops on his brother's bed. "Because if Mom and Dad catch us… — Natalie Whipple Copy Share Image
By sixteen I thought, "Ah, this is all crap, you're all sheep, I'm not going to church, leave me alone." And then… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“Why, observe the thing; turn it over; hold it up to the window; count the beads, long, oval, like some seaweed bulbs,… — Harriet Prescott Spofford Copy Share Image
I would say that Catholics came in and competed with the Protestant work ethic. That is one thing. And they did assimilate… — Steve King Copy Share Image
Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic!" Robert to Vittoria — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
There are only two or three places in Britain with Catholic and Protestant cathedrals,and Liverpool is one. My wife Montse and I… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
I'm a Catholic, and not because I just happened to wake up as a Catholic. I'm not going to be persuaded on… — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most… — Adolph Kolping Copy Share Image
Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
