Challenges Quote by George Weigel

Since God has been pleased to give us the Papacy, let us enjoy it.

— Pope Leo X

“BECAUSE CATHOLICISM IS TRUE, The papacy was established by Christ, has endured, and retains the authority entrusted to it by Christ, even to this…

— Tim Staples

The papacy is an impossible job. So the best thing Catholics can do for the pope is to pray for him.

— George Weigel

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of…

— Lord George Gordon

“Another reason these opponents find it difficult to comprehend the Papacy is a perspective, inherited from the Protestant Reformation, that is essentially anti-sacramental, anti-mediational,…

— Stephen K. Ray

A pope going through a faith crisis would be funny to see.

— Kyle Dunnigan

I would say that every pope has had people within his administration who have had difficulties one way or another with his administration.

— Blase J. Cupich

The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.

— Pope Paul VI

The church needs a pope who can call us to conversion and lead us to take seriously what Jesus did.

— Greg Boyle

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to…

— Anonymous

“Hence it's funny to read in the New York Times that liberal Catholic activists are pushing for a change in Church teaching on issues…

— John Zmirak

“The only common feature of the three successful Reformations was their rejection of papal authority; otherwise they were quite at odds.”

— Rodney Stark