“I have reflected a great deal on that event, and continue to do so. I cannot give you a complete answer in a few sentences. But I would say that I was struck at that time by the vehemence of the anger from various sides, and the anger was in many cases directed at those who share a Catholic faith. I understand that such anger, such vehemence arises from sincere and passionate conviction, but I believe expressing it in such vitriolic terms gets us nowhere.” GivingBelieveI BelieveSidesTermAnswersDealsCasesShareEventsCatholicPassionateVariousConvictionSentencesAriseSincereVehemenceCatholic Faith Author:John I. Jenkins
“If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which is a kind of conviction that never leaves you, for some strange reason.” WorldKindRealReasonAgeMagicStrangeCatholicConviction Author:Neil Jordan
“What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.” TryingCharacterGodAtheismOughtCatholicAtheistConvictionPositive AtheismStabilityPresbyterians Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do not want civil power combined with religious power. I want to make it clear that I am committed as a matter of deep personal conviction to separation.” IfsWantStillsMatterStatesChurchReligiousClearPercentCatholicAtheistPopulationCommittedConvictionSeparationNinePresidentialOfficialsNinetyNinety Nine Author:John F. Kennedy
“In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest conflict with his religious convictions. The mighty common struggle which both carried on against the destroyer of Aryan humanity had, on the contrary, taught them mutually to respect and esteem one another.” HumanityReligiousCommonStruggleMovementTaughtConflictCatholicConvictionContraryEsteemCatholicismSocialistProtestantsDestroyersMein KampfCommon Struggle Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“And I have found that when we Catholics, in the spirit of love and charity, declare our faith boldly and with conviction, we are more likely to find kindred spirits. This is how we must comport ourselves if we are to fulfill our Lord's command in the Gospel of John (17:21), Ut unum sint, that all may be one.” IfsMaySpiritFoundLordCatholicCharityConvictionCommandCatholicismOur LordKindredKindred SpiritGospel Of John Author:Benedict Groeschel
“Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that the truths contained in that vision liberate students in the most profound meaning of human freedom.” HumansFactsVisionStudentsAimCatholicProfoundCommunicateConvictionComprehensiveTransmitHuman FreedomVision Of LifeCatholic Education Author:Pope John Paul II