Affront Quote by George Weigel

“Thus the popes, sometimes in zeal for religion, at others moved by their own ambition, were continually calling in new parties and exciting new…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“This concern for those left behind by the rise of what Pope Francis calls a “savage capitalism” is perhaps the defining mission of the…

— Simone Campbell

“I want to highlight the spirit of Pope Francis. Elected to the papacy following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis (Jose Maria Bergoglio),…

— Ilia Delio

It's pretty much what a lot of committed Catholics are making of [Pope Francis]. They're thrilled, they're refreshed, they think it's a breath of…

— Ralph Martin

“Roman Catholicism is a broken and utterly desperate thing, capable only of malignant mischief in our awakening world.”

— H.G. Wells

“Occultism has no Pope.”

— Dion Fortune

“...the Pope vigorously upholds the real power of redemption to liberate the human heart from the domination of lust, calling men and women to…

— Christopher West

“It was Pope Innocent III who placed in the hands of the church this terrible weapon of persecution, and who, by the awful severity…

— Rafael Sabatini

“The Catholics get rid of the difficulty by setting up an infallible Pope, and consenting formally to accept his verdicts, but the Protestants simply…

— H.L. Mencken

“First, under “the gross darkness of popery,”

— Robert Tracy McKenzie

I think [Pope] Francis intends to forge ahead with his reform agenda.

— Sylvia Poggioli

Benedict XVI leaves no room for uncertainty or minimization. At this present time in which she feels humiliation, the Church learns from the Pope…

— Angelo Bagnasco