Catholic Quotes

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We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd. — Pope Benedict XVI
I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. — Pope Benedict XVI
Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic… — Pope Benedict XVI
The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation. — Pope Benedict XVI
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised… — Annie Besant
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star. — Unknown Author
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked. — Tony Abbott
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the… — David Bowie
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out… — Geraldine Brooks
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. — Lenny Bruce
I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get… — Alan Alda
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment. — Madonna Ciccone
I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five… — Isabel Allende
When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago. — Diablo Cody
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. — Thomas Aquinas
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. — Thomas Aquinas
The things that we love tell us what we are. — Thomas Aquinas
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. — Thomas Aquinas
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way. — Thomas Aquinas
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes. — Thomas Aquinas

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