Apostolic Quote by Pope Pius IX

Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.

— Tim Crane

The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the…

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.

— Pope John XXIII

O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou,…

— Pope Pius XII

The central icon of Catholic Christianity is mother and child. That motif is so deep in not just our human experience but in our…

— Robert Neelly Bellah

My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.

— Manolo Blahnik

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.

— Pope Francis

I was raised Catholic, but then I discovered Buddhism, and I used to have a boyfriend who was a Scientologist, and they are all…

— Penelope Cruz

I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant Catholics, whether…

— Aimee Semple McPherson

“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith.

— George Muller

I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic.

— Monica Bellucci