I had abandoned Catholicism, but even during my short militant atheist period I maintained an interest in western religious art and music. — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
As a pastor, I am bound by a divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that includes… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
“The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church. ” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
Catholicism has changed tremendously in recent years. Now when Communion is served there is also a salad bar. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end. — Christopher West Copy Share Image
“At St. Bernardine’s the nuns never liked me. Especially Sister Mary Bitch-and-a-Half. I think that was her biblical name.” — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty… — Francis of Assisi 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
“Of course, I’ve told Jesus to suck it, too, which earned me a certain measure of notoriety, because you have to make… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“The love, loyalty, and dedication of Mary and Joseph are an example for all Christian couples, who are neither the friends nor… — Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Modern Roman Catholicism has no quarrel with the Big Bang, with a Universe 15 billion or so years old, with the first… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
“One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable," she had told Richard. "You can find anyone… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
I think it is quite remarkable actually that Pope Benedict has a sense of the variety of ways in which it is… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
“The reason so many people hesitate to go on retreat is that they are afraid of having light shed on their soul… — Marcel Lefebvre Copy Share Image
“From the outset, Protestantism rejected the critical medieval distinction between the 'sacred' and 'secular' orders. While this position can easily be interpreted… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
All appeals to Scripture are appeals to interpretations of Scripture. The only real question is: whose interpretation? People with differing interpretations of… — Keith Mathison Copy Share Image
“By way of parenthesis let me say that this hand on the tomb has a lovely lesson for all those unfortunate members… — M. Raymond Copy Share Image
What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
True piety admits no other rule than that whatsoever things have been faithfully received from our fathers the same are to be… — Vincent of Lerins Copy Share Image
“Personalism therefore includes among its leading ideas, the affirmation of the unity of mankind, both in space and time, which was foreshadowed… — Emmanuel Mounier Copy Share Image
I'm an ex-Catholic priest. I have such a complex relationship to Catholicism. On the one hand, if I called myself a Catholic… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“Ah, he thought, for one who cannot read--or think--the Image, the physical form of Love!” — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If Dr. Karl Lueger had lived in Germany, he would have been ranked among the great minds of our people. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ - not for Self, but to… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
“... You can't be with God and be neutral. / True contemplation is resistance. And poetry, / gazing at clouds is resistance… — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I am bound, as a pastor, by divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that is all… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
“The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
God of love, please deliver us from being both victims of violence and agents of violence. Amen. — Judges Chp 4 Copy Share Image
“Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” — St. John Bosco” — St. John Bosco Copy Share Image
Catholicism is a matter of the body and the senses as much as it is a matter of the mind, precisely because… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
“Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
