I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God -… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 5:10 — Bible Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So… — Mother Teresa 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
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
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
I went to an all-boys Catholic school, and not only were we not allowed to wear pajamas, we had to wear dress… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
With all the strength of my soul I urge you young people to approach the Communion table as often as you can.… — Pier Giorgio Frassati Copy Share Image
If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop.… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every… — Lisa Leslie Copy Share Image
You find the most in not any particular denomination specifically. It's the style of worship. So if we have what we call… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
“I grew up knowing I wanted to be a member. I had already joined the church first, but since I was always… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates… — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
“60. The use of the Latin language customary in a considerable portion of the Church is a manifest and beautiful sign of… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
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I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for… — Pete Postlethwaite Copy Share Image
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“love is the inclination, strength, and power for the soul in making its way to God, for love unites it with God.… — John of the Cross 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
Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
I always tell people, you know, [J.F.Kennedy's] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
[Someone] said that what I described as the Buddhist voice - the life-denying voice of censure and guilt - sounded to him… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in Catholic iconography. My dad's from Naples and I was brought up in a Roman Catholic school. — Robert Del Naja Copy Share Image
I grew up with a lot of spirituality. It wasn't necessarily organized religion, because my mom was Jewish and my dad was… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
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
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
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
It took the Church until 1832 to remove Galileo 's work from its list of books which Catholics were forbidden to read… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked. I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she can understand. A man coming back. That's… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I grew up a Catholic and I don't want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but there's a lot of routine… — Bernhard Langer Copy Share Image
There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, and it's… — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“1862 ...although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the… — Catholic Church Copy Share Image
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