Becoming Quote by Simone Weil

I find the ideas of Catholicism incredibly rich and inspiring. Bogus, unfortunately, but nonetheless inspiring. I think they always provide an interesting nexus through…

— Glen Duncan

“Those who complain that Catholicism cannot say anything new, seldom think it necessary to say anything new about Catholicism. As a matter of fact,…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Apart from the museums that anchor the great cities of Europe and America, the Roman Catholic Church is what remains of "Christendom," the generating…

— James Carroll

A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

We want to lead Catholics to Christ. I believe it is a false religion.

— John MacArthur

Catholics should be proselytizing about a God who is love, who represents a hereafter where there's no hell, who wants you to lead a…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Christianity is an idea, and as such is indestructible and immortal, like every idea.

— Heinrich Heine

One philosophically fascinating aspect of Catholicism is the very strange conception of reality it presents (the incarnation, the eucharist, judgement day etc.).

— Tim Crane

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist…

— Anonymous

I sometimes call my new system 'Italian pagan Catholicism,' but it could more accurately be called 'pragmatic liberalism,' with roots in Enlightenment political philosophy.…

— Camille Paglia

That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy.

— David Brooks

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