Quote by Kaya Oakes

“Christian women also, at one time, covered their heads—not just nuns but all women when they entered churches, until quite recently.”

— Alaa Alghamdi

“I haven't lost my faith, but I've lost my religion. I still believe in something so deeply. ... I've never really gotten past that…

— Anna Quindlen

“So I sit and endure the stares and the pangs and twinges of Catholic guilt, knowing that I am doing the right thing if…

— Pete Hautman

“It's a joyful thing, being a Catholic. I can't even think about sex without thinking about bodily waste.”

— Kevin Smith

“They were Catholic, my lovers, All in an access of crossing themselves, Particularly their fingers Behind their suspendered backs-- And that was the women.”

— Shay Caroline

“First the fact that the only items on open display seem to be tampons, breast pumps, and douches, making one feel as a female…

— Belle de Jour

“they got to be so conceited because they were Catholics.”

— Anne Lamott

“Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.”

— J.D. Salinger

“It is impossible to be just to the Catholic Church. The moment men cease to pull against it they feel a tug towards it.…

— Anonymous

“The Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman.”

— George Everett Macdonald

“I hear what they're saying about faith, about the priests at our church and how they relate to women, about the bishops and cardinals…

— Kaya Oakes

“It is often said, inside the Church and out of it, that there is something grotesque about lectures on the sexual life when delivered…

— Christopher Hitchens