“The Pope, if nothing else, should be a Catholic. If he were to announce that women would make great priests, except it's a pity that more of them aren't gay, because of the greater compassion they could bring to the task, it might endear him to liberal Catholic commentators , but it would make him something other than a Catholic, in the true sense.” IfsShouldMightCompassionGreaterHumourGayTasksCatholicPityPriestsPopeCommentators Author:Declan Lynch
“We do know for sure that good Irish Catholics followed their faith in the direction of inclusion, compassion, equality, justice, and a host of other Catholic values when they voted with the majority despite some clergymen’s efforts to lead them astray.” KnowsValuesJusticeEffortCompassionCatholicMajorityDespiteHostInclusionClergymen Author:Mary E. Hunt
“I have to say, as much I am respectful of people's faith and the idea of it being necessary for them, but when it comes to the Catholic church as an organization I don't have one scintilla of compassion, understanding, anything. I just think they're the most heinous, corrupt, separatingly vile organization that's ever been on the planet.” PeopleThinkingIdeasUnderstandingChurchCompassionPlanetsOrganizationCatholicRespectfulCatholic Church Author:Dylan Moran
“Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.” LyingCompassionWallStonesCatholicRaisedMudHumiliationExaltedHumiliated Author:Saint Patrick
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today... The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone... we must be compassionate!” IfsLoveGodHandsHappensTodayChristianSufferingReligiousCompassionChristianityLordKissingCatholicSlaverySlaveSaintGod LoveTortureCompassionateTradersKidnappedLove EveryoneKneelingSlave Trade Author:Josephine Bakhita
“We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win arguments but to win souls... Such an apologetic will need to breathe a spirit of humanity, that humility and compassion which understand the anxieties and questions of people.” PeopleNeedsMindSoulInspirationTodaySpiritFaithHumanityWinningCompassionHumilityAnxietyArgumentTasksCatholicBreatheChristian InspirationalApologetic Author:Pope John Paul II
“I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.” ChildrenHardDifferencesReligiousCompassionTeachFocusWifeHonestyHard WorkBenefitsOur ChildrenCatholicCharityRaisedMy WifeChosenHeritageSimilarityRespect Each Other Author:Steven Levitan
“I believe God loves the world through us - through you and through me. We use Mother Teresa's name; it is only a name, but we are real co-workers and carriers of His love. Today God loves the world through us. Especially in times like these when people are trying to make God "was," it is you and I, by our love, by the purity of our lives, by our compassion, who prove to the world that God "is."” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveRealUseTodayMotherNamesI BelieveCompassionOur LivesProveCatholicWorkersGod LovePurityLive ByBelieve In GodOur LoveHis LoveCarrierTeresaCo WorkerTimes Like These Author:Mother Teresa
“Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be kind, be loving to the poor. We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich. We are in debt to them. Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsHeartKindPersonsAbleBeautifulChancePoorCompassionRichPrayingCatholicDebtBe KindNeed YouSomething Beautiful Author:Mother Teresa
“While it is true that the taking of life not yet born or in it's final stages is sometimes marked by a mistaken sense of altruism and human compassion it cannot be denied that such a culture of death, taken as a whole, betrays a completely individualistic concept of freedom, which ends up by becoming the freedom of "the strong" against the weak who have no choice but to submit.” HumansEndsSometimesWholeChoicesCultureStrongBornCompassionTakenStageBecomingConceptsWeakCatholicFinalsDeniedBetraySubmitAltruismMistakenIndividualisticHuman Compassion Author:Pope John Paul II
“The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's pain.” ChristianPainCompassionMembersCatholicNeighborGentleSicknessFamily Members Author:Pope John Paul II
“Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.” NeedsChristianReligiousCompassionChristianityEmpathyCatholicChristian InspirationalIndifferenceSympathyAcceptableBishopsNeedyThose In Need Author:Pope Francis