“When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made shining by the light... God grants his blessings on those who serve him because they are serving him and on those who follow him because they are following him, but he receives no blessing from them because he is perfect and without need” NeedsMadeLightCausesPerfectBlessingCatholicShiningFollowingServingGrantsLight God Author:Irenaeus of Lyons
“I don't know about being a Catholic anymore, though I had a great romance with the Church. But its male hierarchy causes me pain and distress. So I can't really pay too much attention. When that encyclical from the Pope - the one about contraception - began 'Dear Sons and Brothers' I figured it must be private mail and had nothing to do with me. So I didn't read it.” KnowsI CanPainRomanceReligionCausesChurchPayAttentionToo MuchSonBrotherCatholicMalesDearMailDistressPopeHierarchyContraceptionGreat Romance Author:Joan Hackett
“The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, was a series of conflicts that became the last great struggle of religious wars in Europe. It was fought almost exclusively on German soil...but before the war ended, it involved most of the nations of Europe. The underlying cause of the war was the deep-seated hostility between the German Protestants and German Catholics - with the Jesuits and Cardinal Richelieu, who was the real ruler of France, fanning the fires to accomplish their ends.” YearsWarRealEndsLastsNationsCausesReligiousStruggleFireInvolvedConflictEuropeCatholicSeriesAccomplishFranceThirtySoilRulersHostilityThirty YearsProtestantsCardinalsJesuitReligious WarsRichelieu Author:John Daniel
“All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.” ShouldCountryStatesLawPoliticalEnergyFeltCausesChurchLibertyPrinciplesLimitsElementsConstitutionCatholicAffairScaryActiveAdministrationFixedLegislationPenetrateVigilanceUsagePolitical Life Author:Pope Leo XIII
“The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong.” BeliefSexCausesCan DoChurchResultsAbusePoliceCatholicCrisisCorruptionNobleDedicatedDoing GoodCatholic ChurchNoble CausesSex Abuse Author:Alex Gibney
“People that support Donald Trump are gonna circle the wagons around Trump even more so after this. This isn't gonna cause Catholics or other Christians to say, "Oh, my God, the pope, oh, no, pope says Trump's not a Christian. I gotta abandon Trump." No. It isn't gonna happen that way, I don't believe.” PeopleWayBelieveHappensChristianCausesSupportTrumpCatholicDon't BelieveCirclesAbandonPopeWagons Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Catholic Church spends a lot of time in very poor countries trying to recruit and spread the Gospel. Let me put it that way: The pope is simply saying...? Has he ever said that Mao Tse-tung, that Fidel Castro, that Raul Castro, any other communist is not a Christian? Why Donald Trump? 'Cause Trump wants to build a wall?” WayWantTryingSaidCountryChristianCausesChurchPoorWallTrumpLet MeCatholicSpreadCommunistPopeCatholic ChurchCastroRecruitMaoPoor Countries Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for the Holocaust in the Vatican, going to the synagogue in Vatican, and that happens in Protestant service as well. That doesn't mean that anti-Semitism disappear, but it is on certain level that Jews all the time, or with Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, meeting all the time, studying together, signing petitions for all kinds of causes.” WellsKindMeanStatesHappensChristianTogetherCertainCausesLevelsStudyWallCatholicMeetingsIslamJewDisappearAll KindsConcertsHolocaustPopeProtestantsJerusalemSigningAnti SemitismPetitionsSynagogue Author:Elie Wiesel
“If the Africans and Arabs were ruling Spain from 711 to 1492, had they destroyed the Catholic church, they still would be ruling Spain to this day because that's the institution that held them together. The institute that gave them the only hope was their church. This is why we are so depressed because the institutions of hope that would cause fulfillment amongst us has either been destroyed or laughed at.” IfsStillsWould BeTogetherCausesChurchCatholicInstitutionsDestroyedFulfillmentThis DayLaughedSpainRulingCatholic ChurchInstitute Author:John Henrik Clarke
“I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense...who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school...what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it's crazy.” ThinkingBelieveDoeMatterWholeProblemKidsSchoolCausesPrayerTeacherCrazyPrayingElementsCatholicDon't BelieveDiscussionNonsenseEpiscopalians Author:Charles M. Schulz
“Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.” HumanityCausesPeaceJusticeCatholicCharityNotionObstaclesRemovePeace And JusticeBeing At PeacePeace Justice Book:GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD Source: GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD