The central icon of Catholic Christianity is mother and child. That motif is so deep in not just our human experience but… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other. — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
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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
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Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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I was a careless Protestant, my wife was a good Catholic, and we had six kids in seven years and I'd endorse… — Lindsay Fox Copy Share Image
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My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox -… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image
The preaching of the Church truly continues without change and is everywhere the same. It has the testimony of the Prophets and… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
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![“I think I would always tell school kids that, you know, they'd say, "When did you get interested in politics?" I said, "Just very young." Maybe it was because President [J.F.] Kennedy was the first Irish-Catholic president."” quote by Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b87/mike-pence-577_catholic_i-think-i-would-always-tell-school-kids_3017600.jpg)
![“[Someone] said that what I described as the Buddhist voice - the life-denying voice of censure and guilt - sounded to him very much like a Catholic voice. This is, indeed, a mystery, and it intrigues me, too.” quote by Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/313/quentin-s-crisp-4149_buddhism_someone-said-that-what-i-described-as-th_1945043.jpg)
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