Children Quote by Pope Francis

Most of us like thinking we are God's only children...At least one of the purposes of church is to remind us that God has…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I lived across from a Catholic church for 15 years that I never went into. And then I got married to my wife and…

— Jim Gaffigan

The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as…

— Saint Augustine

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and…

— Alex Gibney

The Church is a virgin, the bride of one Spouse, Who is Christ, and this Church does not allow herself to be violated by…

— Pope Leo I

Baptism pertains to the Church alone.

— Cyprian

“In case of necessity, not only a priest or a deacon, but a lay man or woman, nay even a pagan and a heretic,…

— Joseph Pohle

The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage in haste…

— Pope Francis

In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.

— Alex Gibney

The church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.

— Matt Redman

It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed…

— George Barna