I was baptized Methodist, but I was mainly raised First Church of NFL, which is to say that my family, especially my… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
My mother was a minister, so I grew up in a church. My grandfather was a minister; there are a bunch of… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church… — Missi Pyle Copy Share Image
You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became… — Walter Matthau 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
How can it be that the homosexual movement, at one or two percent of the population, gets treated with such solicitude while… — William Barr Copy Share Image
I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe… — Michael Baumgartner Copy Share Image
“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
This may sound pernickety but I wouldn't describe myself as an evangelical. These are labels, which I don't think are helpful. If… — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
One of the reasons they didn't go to Bosnia, bin Laden has explained extensively, was because they couldn't establish a base anywhere.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
My parents had us in church every Sunday, every Wednesday. It was more of a tradition at that point; I didn't have… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
“Without radical humility that is expressed in gestures of adoration and in sacred rituals, no friendship with God is possible. Silence manifests… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize… — Maximilian Kolbe Copy Share Image
I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon. — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
I read a lot of G.K. Chesterton. It was a fairly conventional intellectual path to the Catholic church, I would say. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I knew that I had to be a preacher. I had to be a minister, which was a puzzle to me because… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of four that I wanted to preach. I didn't even consider it strange that grown people were… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“It had remained a mystery to me, a catholic magic, i suppose. Faith is the best Googly one can bowl: God, the… — APORVAKALA Copy Share Image
I was an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Church and no priest ever laid a hand on me. That's me, always… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I dabbled a… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
Who provides the love and a path to reconciliation? It's not Planned Parenthood; it's the Catholic Church, the other Christian churches, and… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
“At that point in time, the need to be myself had become a competing desire with my priesthood, but I didn’t quite… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
Glorious the northern lights astream; Glorious the song, when God's the theme; Glorious the thunder's roar: Glorious hosanna from the den; Glorious… — Christopher Copy Share Image
I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
