Catholic Quotes

1306 Catholic quotes by 675 unique authors

Why should we believe in God? We hate Christianity and Christians. Even the best of them must be regarded as our worst enemies. They preach… — Unknown Author
First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats - but… — Martin Niemoller
The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a nutshell. — Stephen Fry
Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked… — John Waters
Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic [i.e., universal] church. It… — Ignatius of Antioch
My mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside. — Margaret Smith
In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the… — George Weigel
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. — Ignatius of Antioch
If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last portion that which… — Unknown Author
Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as dictators from the… — Nick Cohen
St. Patrick's Day is a holy day for Roman Catholics in Ireland to pray and a day for drunk people to vomit with their pants… — Unknown Author
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . . In the Middle… — Joseph Campbell
The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. . . . The… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry… — Alan Dershowitz
The decline of witch-belief was . . . entirely the product of religious skepticism. . . . The Catholic Church did not reform itself on… — S. T. Joshi
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to oppose birth control,… — Susan Jacoby
The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in purgatory - that… — Robert Green Ingersoll
That's the reality in the Catholic Church today You don't want to build something that will be OK for now, when you know this large… — Mary Gauthier
Although every organized religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny to the myth of woman-hate, woman-fear, and woman-evil, the Roman Catholic church… — Robin Morgan
I was born and raised Catholic. — Tom Araya
It has always been the habit of Catholic in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for peace… — Pope Leo X
If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains… — Pope Francis
We never try to convert those who receive (aid) to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of God's presence and… — Mother Teresa
I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the… — Mother Teresa
When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or the ordination of… — Pope Benedict XVI

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