The best advice that I can give you is this. Church-traditions — especially when they do not run counter to the faith… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Our favorite games were killing. Our favorite books were death. It had been beaten into us: God is love. Not the parched… — Joseph Bathanti Copy Share Image
I think I would like to be a monk. I really considered Catholicism a few years ago, but there were some things… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
[Pope] Francis communicates the pastoral embrace of the Church, the breadth and inclusiveness of Catholicism symbolized by the Bernini colonnade around St.… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to… — Bernadette Soubirous Copy Share Image
“I am always able to speak with him (Christ) inwardly. But I am nevertheless just a lowly little man who does not… — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“...And don’t tell me you don’t wish to fight; for the moment you tell me that, you are already fighting; nor that… — Juan Donoso Cortés Copy Share Image
Our responsibility as Christians makes us tremble. The northern hemisphere, the developed area of the world, the 20% who possess 80% of… — Hélder Câmara Copy Share Image
I'm very, very serious about my Catholicism and Hillary Clinton views that as a real asset. And we've talked about our faith… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, Protestants like to be good and have invented theology in order to keep themselves so, whereas Catholics like to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“From a biblical perspective, salvation is ultimately about union with God. The God of Israel is not a distant deity or an… — Brant Pitre Copy Share Image
“If a man begins his sacrifice when the flames are luminous, and considers for the offerings the signs of heaven, then the… — Juan Mascaró Copy Share Image
For more than a year, he'd felt destined to marry Isabel Arundell; now, suddenly, he wasn't so sure. He loved her, that… — Mark Hodder Copy Share Image
I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“I was baptized one foggy afternoon about four o'clock. I couldn't think of any names I particularly wanted, so I kept my… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Or more important, I an a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories), and in fact a Roman Catholic. The latter… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“The first days of January 1942 brought enormous amounts of snow. The reader already knows what snow meant for the clergy. But… — Jean Bernard Copy Share Image
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
“The Church is always God hung between two thieves. Thus, no one should be surprised or shocked at how badly the church… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
For me, men are not divided into believers and atheists, but between oppressors and oppressed, between those who want to keep this… — Frei Betto Copy Share Image
“The reason Jesus celebrates the Last Supper with the twelve disciples is that together they represent the bride of God -- the… — Brant Pitre Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed:… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack… — Gerald Nicosia Copy Share Image