Acknowledge Quote by Pope Francis

“When the church aligns itself politically, it gives priority to the compromises and temporal successes of the political world rather than its Christian confession…

— Charles W. Colson

Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture…

— John Stott

The church is precisely that against which Jesus preached -- and against which he taught his disciples to fight.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That's good. We should be humble enough to be able to accept that.

— Blase J. Cupich

“There are a great many ways in which, the church, by its insistence upon what it chooses to call morality, inflicts upon all sorts…

— Bertrand Russell

“The Church is in the world, it is part of the suffering in the world, and though Christ condemned the disciple who struck off…

— Graham Greene

“On all levels and in every aspect of our society, the poor are rejected, mistreated, and forced more deeply into their poverty. Christianity should…

— Frank Schaeffer

“The church needs to arise not just against total and absolute ignorance, the church also needs to arise against half-truth or falsehood, which is…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Some pinned the blame on the corruption of the Church, believing that the divine institution's fall from grace had tainted their pleas and prayers…

— Charles River Editors

“While the church as church refrains from entering secular forms, its influence is felt in these forms through the influence of individuals who have…

— Robert L. Saucy

“Regrettably, many Christians support the church’s shame-based culture of manipulation, embarrassment, and disgrace to get what they want, which is to gain followers, power,…

— Scott S. Haraburda

When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery…

— Oscar Romero