“To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn't apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn't work.” DifferentCountryLawCommunityPrinciplesCatholicAgencyWhy NotAdoptionOur CommunityMethodistsSharia Author:Trevor Phillips
“Epic: A Journey Through Church History fills an urgent need for adult Catholics to recover their history as a believing community, debunk false criticisms of their Church, and understand the Christian underpinnings of the modern world. This is a vivid, thorough and engaging program. I heartily recommend it.” WorldNeedsBelieveChristianCommunityChurchJourneyModernAdultsProgramCriticismCatholicEpicEngagingVividModern WorldUrgentThoroughChurch History Author:Charles J. Chaput
“Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York City. I'm not saying New York is the Gay Mecca. But it's at least Gay-rusalem.” TryingHardJobsReligionValuesCoursesCommunityLeadershipWorkCitiesFamilyComedyHuman NaturePolicyNew YorkGayEthicsCatholicStrategyNew York CitySexuallyCardinalsFamily ValuesMeccaCatholic Family Author:Stephen Colbert
“American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.” PeopleFormIndividualCommunityReligiousEffortLibertyRightsBuildingConcernConcernedCatholicCommittedDiscriminationUnjustGood WillRejectingReligious LibertySafeguarding Author:Pope Francis
“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I learned about as a Catholic child, as an 18-year-old novice in a religious community, as an agnostic graduate student, as - but who cares about my disguises? Or God's.” YearsChildrenCareCommunityReligiousStudentsCatholicSeekingGraduatesDisguiseAgnosticWho CaresGraduate StudentsNovicesReligious Community Author:Mary Rose O'Reilley
“The best thing about being Catholic is that you're a part of something bigger than yourself and you're a part of the community that's been there for 2000 years and it'll be there till the end of time.” YearsEndsCommunityBiggerCatholicBest ThingsEnd TimesTill The EndSomething Bigger Than Yourself Author:Lino Rulli
“Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.” InspirationalHelpingSchoolFunnyCommunityQualityCareersCatholicWideVarietyGraduatesGraduationExhibitsCatholic School Author:Joe Baca
“I believe in the importance of unity among those who know Christ, who profess to be "Christians." . . . I believe there is an important spiritual awakening beginning in the hearts of those truly committed to Christ in the Protestant and Catholic communities. Is it possible that Pope Francis may prove to be an answer not only to the prayers of Catholics, but also those known as Protestants?” KnowsBelieveHeartMayImportantChristianSpiritualI BelieveChristCommunityPrayerAnswersKnownProveImportanceCatholicUnityCommittedI Believe InAwakeningPopeSpiritual AwakeningProtestants Author:James Robison
“There has been this belief among the Catholic community - and this - I'm no expert, this is my opinion - that cafeteria Catholics are wrong.” Has BeensBeliefCommunityOpinionCatholicExpertsCafeteria Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I live near Amish communities in northern Indiana and I have the greatest respect for such faithful people. They attempt to live their faith more fully by separating themselves, as far as possible, from the wider culture and its influences. That has never been the teaching of the Catholic faith.” PeopleCultureCommunityInfluenceTeachingCatholicFaithfulIndianaSeparatingAmishCatholic Faith Author:John I. Jenkins
“I do a certain amount of work in religious communities on these issues. It's not the central focus of my work but it is certainly an area where I have worked a lot. It has gotten much better over the years, especially over the last couple years. There wasn't a religious environmental movement 15 years ago, but there is now - in the Catholic community, the Jewish community, the mainline Protestant community, and in the Evangelical community.” YearsLastsCertainCommunityReligiousIssuesFocusMovementAmountCoupleAreasYears AgoCatholicEnvironmentalProtestantsEvangelicalJewish CommunityReligious Community Author:Bill McKibben
“You might get rid of the Bishop and get to the local Ku Klux Klan leader. That, on the whole, has been the fate of certain types of Protestantism. They get under the control of a White Citizens Council while the Catholic Church has an authoritarian system, yes, in which the Bishop expresses the conscience of the whole Christian community and they say there are some things that you can't do on this matter.” Has BeensMatterWholeMightChristianCertainCommunityChurchWhiteLeaderFateTypeCitizensConscienceCatholicLocalsCouncilCatholic ChurchBishopsProtestantismKu Klux KlanChristian Community Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“Institutional Christianity has had clear secular benefits to American life for hundreds of years. It's played both a prophetic role in terms of generating moral critiques of American excesses, and so on, and also a communal role, in terms of building community as the country moved westward to the role my own Catholic Church played in assimilating generations of immigrants.” YearsCountryTermCommunityChurchMy OwnMoralChristianityRolesClearGenerationsBuildingBenefitsCatholicMovedImmigrantsExcessSecularCatholic ChurchCritiqueAmerican LifePropheticBuilding Community Author:Ross Douthat
“I am the stereo-typical classic lapsed Catholic. Religious themes crop up in my songs sometimes as metaphors and other kinds of touchstones for getting at issues and "deeper issues," and all that. Right now, honestly, I think all religion is proving itself to be a NET negative on the human race. I recognize its valuable place in individual lives and many larger communities - I know the good that is done in its various names all over the world, but I don't believe in it anymore, and I see the negative aspects dragging us down at a much faster rate than the positive ones are bouying us up.” ThinkingWorldBelieveKindSometimesDoneSongIndividualCommunityReligiousProveNegativeCatholicRateMetaphorVariousValuableHonestlyClassic Author:Ted Leo
“I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way. When I was in college, and I found out at that time the Catholic Church was in such control of everything in communities, including in progressive places like New York - that a roommate of mine was not able to obtain an abortion with his girlfriend, even in places like New York. What I learned at that moment was the extraordinary clout that religious organizations can have to impose their theological views on others. And I found it exasperating and dangerous.” MomentsCommunityChurchReligiousDangerousPolicyCollegeNegativeCatholicExtraordinaryGirlfriendAbortionProgressiveTheologicalPublic PolicyRoommate Author:Barry W. Lynn
“The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own. But believe me, when you are dying, you see it is true. We all have the same beginning - birth - and we all have the same end - death. So how different can we be? Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you. Morrie Schwartz” PeopleIfsMenWorldWayLoveBelieveHumansLittlesDifferentEndsProblemBigsMightCareAgeCommunitySawsDyingLove YouThis WorldBirthMen And WomenCatholicDon't BelieveBelieve In MeProtestantsHuman FamilyThose You LoveMorrie Author:Mitch Albom
“The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they are isolated from their family and friends. Likewise, the community should be open to welcome back all who repent of having participated in the grave sin of abortion, and should guide them with pastoral charity to accept the grace of forgiveness, the need for penance, and the joy of entering once more into the new life of Christ.” NeedsShouldMayChildrenJoyDifficultChristCommunitySinAcceptingSupportGraceOffersCatholicCharityGuidesGravesWelcomeAbortionIsolatedFamily And FriendsNew LifeEnteringRepentPenanceWelcome Back Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a whole, here and everywhere. I mention here only the fight against birth control at a time when overpopulation in various countries has become a serious threat to the health of people and a grave obstacle to any attempt to organize peace on this planet.” PeopleCountryWholePoliticalFightingSocialCommunityPracticeDangerousPlanetsSeriousBirthActivityOrganizationCatholicThreatVariousObstaclesPositive AtheismConvincedGravesCatholicismOrganizeBirth ControlDetrimentalOverpopulation Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“The family, as the fundamental and essential educating community, is the privileged means for transmitting the religious and cultural values which help the person to acquire his or her own identity. Founded on love and open to the gift of life, the family contains in itself the very future of society; its most special task is to contribute effectively to a future of peace.” MeanPersonsHelpingValuesCommunityReligiousSpecialIdentityEssentialsTasksCatholicFundamentalsAcquirePrivilegedGifts Of Life Author:Pope John Paul II
“We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.” CommunityHealingSeeingCallingCatholicLawyerGrandfatherMinistryCounselingSuing Author:Roger Mahony
“[Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is no other human reality which corresponds more, humanly speaking, to that divine mystery.” WorldHumansRealityCommunityPerfectMysteryDivineCatholicUnityGod ImageMarriage And Family Author:Pope John Paul II
“Exploring Ecclesiology is true to its subtitle, being both vibrantly evangelical and admirably ecumenical; it is commendable for its depth, breadth, and erudition. Harper and Metzger's sympathetic engagement with Catholic ecclesiology is challenging and reciprocal. I especially appreciate how the authors emphasize and explore the vital connection between ecclesiology and eschatology, something very beneficial to readers seeking to better appreciate how living the Faith in community today relates to the hope of entering fully into Trinitarian communion in the life to come.” TodayCommunityChallengesReaderAppreciateConnectionsCatholicDepthSeekingRelateEngagementCommunionExploringEnteringBeneficialSympatheticEvangelicalBreadthReciprocalHarperEruditionCommendableEschatologySubtitles Author:Carl E. Olson
“BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.” WholeCommunityChurchMajorsCatholicReformHierarchyCatholic ChurchReformation Author:William P. Leahy
“I think one of the unique aspects of Catholic school education is the opportunity to care for the material and intellectual needs of the child in a community atmosphere.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenCareSchoolOpportunityCommunityMaterialsUniqueIntellectualAspectCatholicAtmosphereSchool EducationCatholic School Author:Mark Foley
“In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.” SeemsHateCommunitySinGayAnd LoveCatholicSinnerMaximsSin And Love Author:Richard John Neuhaus
“Lisa Hendey’s CatholicMom.com website has long been a treasured internet gathering spot. The Handbook for Catholic Moms is a welcome extension of Lisa’s wisdom and energy, enriched by the experiences of the community of women who have found community, support, and strength through CatholicMom.com.” LongFoundEnergyCommunitySupportMomInternetCatholicWelcomeSpotsExtensionsGatheringWebsiteTreasuredCommunity Support Author:Amy Welborn
“The Catholic community, with many others, has long worked for this new commitment on global health and debt relief (President George W. Bushs proposed $15 billion Global AIDS initiative). I hope that Congress will now appropriate the money needed to make this legislation a reality, and that the U.S. government will press for strengthening the debt relief program along the lines proposed by this legislation.” LongRealityGovernmentPresidentCommunityLinesNeededCommitmentProgramCatholicPressesCongressDebtAidsBillionsReliefAppropriateInitiativeLegislationStrengtheningGlobal Health Author:John Ricard