Aggressive Quote by George Weigel

...it is proper that the duty of helping the poor and unfortunate should especially stir Catholics, since they are members of the Mystical Body…

— Pope John XXII

The emphasis on the "peripheries" is also a distinctively "Franciscan" way of expressing the pope's respect for untutored popular piety - a respect, I…

— George Weigel

American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to…

— Pope Francis

“The Catholic Church built and ran hospitals, schools, and centres for the poor and unemployed generations before the secular state became involved, and even…

— Michael Coren

The long arc of history that recounts the Catholic Church's embrace of people of all faiths and none in providing health, education, and welfare…

— Blase J. Cupich

“Moreover, the papal system has opposed the march of civilization and liberty throughout the world, by denouncing the circulation of the Bible, and the…

— John Foxe

The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to help the…

— Pope Francis

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.

— Kenneth Clark

“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

“These people, these neighbors, both Protestant and Catholic alike, who spat at each other with such hatred that it sometimes erupted into violence, did…

— Anna Lee Huber

Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away"…

— Pope Francis

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.

— Pope Francis