Religion Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

“...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

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

— Robert Tracy McKenzie

“Wisdom of the Ages: "The Pope and Congress" It looks as if confidence in the American voter to exorcise the demons in the Capitol…

— Matthew D. Heines

“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

For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this…

— Hans Kung

“See a storm. See a bad spanking. See your boy is ugly. Decide your boy is the pope. Blow the pope away with an…

— Amanda Boyden

“By the presence of the Papacy, mind, conscience, heart, were blasted; while ignorance, superstition, iniquity, increased and prevailed.”

— Various

“About all that Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans and Anabaptists agreed upon was the divinity of Jesus and the wickedness of the pope.”

— Rodney Stark

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

“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“That's Catholicism for you. A perpetual war between repression and excess.”

— Joanne Harris

“They’re convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They’re more Catholic than the Pope.”

— Michael D. O'Brien