Pope Quotes · Page 2

George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons

The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11…

— Steve Spurrier

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it

— Martin Luther

A lot of people like cats. Take the Pope, for example: I read recently that he was a cat-oholic!

— Milton Jones

John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest.

— Henry A. Kissinger

If all the priests go we all want to be married and the pope goes all priests should be married than I…

— Lino Rulli

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

— Pope John XXIII

“If I was the pope, I'd've made Mrs. de Roo a saint. On the spot.”

— David Mitchell

We need a pope to usher in a new era of inclusion, the end of a sinful clericalism, and a strong sense…

— Greg Boyle

“Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be…

— Anonymous

Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we…

— Daniel Defoe

The greatest empiricists among us are only empiricists on reflection: when left to their instincts, they dogmatize like infallible popes.

— William James

Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation.…

— Kevin DeYoung

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the…

— Denis Leary

The pope can go ahead and claim that Trump is not a Christian, but you can't go there when we talking about…

— Rush Limbaugh

In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the…

— Carl Bernstein

Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar…

— Rush Limbaugh

Pope Francis has mentioned several times in public prior to 'Amoris Laetitia''s release that lack of work was keeping young people from…

— Anthea Butler

He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a…

— Benjamin Smith

The Pope should not flatter himself about his power nor should he rashly glory in his honor and high estate, because the…

— Pope Innocent III

The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently…

— Avro Manhattan

It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be…

— Susan B. Anthony

To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a…

— James Randi

The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

— Aga Khan IV

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

— Steve Coogan

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

— Conan O'Brien

The Pope doesn't believe in God; Did you ever see a conjurer who believed in Magic ?

— Coluche

I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.

— Richard Dawkins

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.

— Desiderius Erasmus

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

— Muriel Spark

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

— Aga Khan IV

Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know.

— David Beckham

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

— Martin Luther

The pope [Francis] knows that the marriage culture is in crisis throughout the world, and so is the family.

— George Weigel

The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes.

— Thomas Huxley

Has the pope questioned the faith of any communist leaders? He spends a lot of time in communist countries.

— Rush Limbaugh

I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.

— Mary Karr

And as for the Pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.

— Thomas Cranmer

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

— Peter O'Toole