“I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.” BelieveLightFatherJesusI BelieveChristTeacherJesus ChristCatholicCreatorI Believe InBelieve In GodPastorIncarnationI Believe In GodAbba Author:Pope Francis
“I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.” BelieveLongValuesI BelieveChurchAwarenessInvolvedTasksCatholicMatureExpertise Author:Pope Francis
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.” ShouldBelieveDoeMatterStatesAmericaSpeakI BelievePresidentChurchAbsolutesCatholicI Believe InSeparationChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSeparation Between Church And State Author:John F. Kennedy
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.” MenBelieveSoulBodySpiritBeliefChurchHolyMembersCatholicSaintHoly SpiritOne ManCreedsCatholic ChurchConfessing Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.” BelieveGraceDivineCatholicMovedIntellectCommand Author:Thomas Aquinas
“In early Judaism, the priesthood was maintained within various families and passed down from father to son, thus necessitating marriage. But this is the old covenant, and even within this model priests were required to abstain from having sex with their wives during the time they served in the Temple. Catholics believe that priests fulfill this Temple relationship ever day - the Mass and the Eucharist mean they are serving in the Temple every day of their ordained lives.” BelieveMeanFatherSexWifeSonMassModelsCatholicVariousTemplesPriestsServingJudaismCovenantEucharistPriesthoodFather SonHaving Sex Author:Michael Coren
“I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else you choose. We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might some day force theirs on us.” KnowsBelieveMightBeliefForceAtheismProtectCatholicJewSeekingBelieverYou ChooseProtestantsNon Believer Author:Mario Cuomo