Catholic Quotes

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While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith. — Ignatius Loyola
I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I… — Jack White
Most readers will be shocked by the clear record of history linking Adolf Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church in a conspiracy to exterminate the… — John Hagee
There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers — Harold MacMillan
You should invest like a Catholic marries: for life. — Warren Buffett
Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to the… — Richard Dawkins
The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this… — Emma Thompson
People always ask me if I hate the nuns. Do I make my movies extra dirty to piss them off? I always say no, that's… — Kevin Smith
Even if you are Catholic, if you live in New York you're Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be goyish… — Lenny Bruce
As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction — Dan Simmons
We are not only interested in those aspects of the mystery of the Roman Catholic Church which set her apart from the other Christian communities,… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church. — Stanley Hauerwas
The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life from the standpoint of the central Christian mystery;… — Flannery O'Connor
Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that… — Flannery O'Connor
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether… — Pope John XXIII
O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who… — Pope Pius XII
Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies of non-Catholics which aim to associate… — Pope Pius X
Catholics are born for combat. — Pope Leo XIII
The empire of Christ the King includes not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been… — Pope Leo XIII
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values… — Pope Leo XIII
Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish. — Billy Graham
Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody hates the Jews. — Tom Lehrer
Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and… — David Vitter
My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything. — Isabelle Huppert

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