““Religion is not something that you or I can touch. Religion is the worship of God—therefore a matter of conscience. I alone must decide for myself and you for yourself, what we choose. For me, the religion I live and use to worship God is the Catholic religion. For me, this is my very life, my joy, and the greatest gift of God in his love for me. He could have given me no greater gift.””
![“[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever since.” quote by Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e23/bruce-springsteen-546_catholic_the-catholic-religion-was-something-i-ca_1536226.jpg)
![“Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success, against this Chair [of St. Peter]; they are by no means ignorant of the fact that religion itself can never totter and fall while this Chair remains intact, the Chair which…” quote by Pope Pius IX](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/345/pope-pius-ix-26903_catholic_now-you-know-well-that-the-most-deadly-f_1692136.jpg)
