Accepted Quote by Bruce Babbitt

“Catholics have a reputation for severity, for judgment that comes down heavily.”

— Yann Martel

“Many of the bishops had purchased their sees, and most of these naturally preferred doing violence to their opinions rather than lose their revenues.”

— George Finlay

“In the summer of 2007, I was sitting in a studio in Dublin, debating with a lay spokesman of the Roman Catholic Church who…

— Christopher Hitchens

Then [Catholics] owe [pope] the loyalty that is expressed in speaking the truth to him - and that puts a premium on knowing whether…

— George Weigel

For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.

— Ann Widdecombe

Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it…

— Peter Canisius

“We Catholics have not only to do our best to keep down our own warring passions and live decent lives, which will often be…

— Ronald A. Knox

“It is impossible to make peace with the Roman Catholic Church. It is one of the permanent enemies of all that is decent in…

— Harold Laski

“If they don't believe what the Church teaches, they're not really Catholic”

— Anonymous

When it comes to labor and politics, I am inclined to be sympathetic to the left, but when it comes to the Catholic Church,…

— Dorothy Day

“The Catholic chruch as threatened your life - do you not want revenge? Have you not sold your hatred to the Pretestant cause to…

— S.J. Parris

To think that a Catholic bishop must answer to a civil authority over matters of faith is abominable. It is abhorrent to me, to…

— Andrew Scheer