“The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could be - the more traditional view of the solar system still prevailed even among leading scientists. So it's hardly surprising that Galileo's Catholic judges had difficult accepting his views, especially when they saw themselves as defending scientific orthodoxy and were supported in this by the scientific establishment.” StillsRealityDifficultViewsAcceptingSawsJudgingScientistCatholicAcceptedCirclesTraditionalEstablishmentSurprisingOrthodoxySolar System Author:Michael Coren
“It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now they will say we, with our permissive society and rude jokes, are obsessed. No, we have a healthy attitude. We like it, it’s fun, it’s jolly; because it’s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult. It’s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic church in a nutshell.” PeopleFunSexBitsDifficultTermChurchDarkAttitudeDangerousHealthyJokesExcitingCatholicPrimariesImpulseObsessedRudeEroticCatholic ChurchJollyObeseAnorexics Author:Stephen Fry
“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.” Has BeensIdeasDifficultSimpleDecisionOpinionPathDemandEssenceCatholicSalvationScriptureGrantedRevelationsSubtleInterpretationUsersIconsProtestantsJesuitMethodicalHermeneuticsMacintoshSumptuousPersonal Decisions Author:Umberto Eco
“I did a lot of strange things. But I am a bad Catholic that's for sure. Although I think it's difficult to believe in evil.” ThinkingBelieveEvilDifficultStrangeCatholicStrange Things Author:Lars von Trier
“I think there's a ton of things about being Catholic that are hard. Going to Church every week is tough. I'd like to go to church, like, every couple of months. Going to confession is hard. Confessing my sins out loud is a very difficult thing.” ThinkingHardDifficultChurchSinWeekMonthsCoupleToughCatholicLoudConfessionDifficult ThingsConfessingGoing To Church Author:Lino Rulli
“It`s difficult to judge people from 100 years ago by today`s standards. But I go back into the early middle part of the 19th century also. The know-nothings were a Protestant movement, and they rejected Catholics and didn`t want Catholics brought into America.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsTodayAmericaDifficultMiddleCenturyMovementJudgingStandardsYears AgoCatholicRejectedProtestants19th Century Author:Steve King
“Prior to and during [John] Locke's time, it was difficult to determine where religion or church left off and government or state began. The powers of both were often combined. As a result, churches frequently used the force of the state to promote and enforce their interests and doctrines. This caused horrendous atrocities against Jews and heretics, as well as the European religious wars between Catholics and Protestants of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.” PeopleWellsWarStatesGovernmentUsedLeftForceDifficultInterestChurchReligiousResultsMillionsCenturyCatholicDetermineJewDoctrineProtestantsAtrocitiesHereticReligious Wars Author:Jayne Meadows
“G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in the same boat in a stormy sea and we owe each other a terrible loyalty." I think that's profoundly true, yet it's difficult to have civil dialogue right now with other Christians, so how can we possibly talk to "all the nations"?” ThinkingKindSaidChristianNationsDifficultSeaTerribleRight NowCatholicLoyaltyDialogueBoatConservatismHatefulReactionariesStormyStormy Seas Author:Richard Rohr
“There is a theory going around that the U.S.A. was and still is a gigantic Masonic plot under the ultimate control of the group known as the Illuminati. It is difficult to look for long at the strange single eye crowning the pyramid which is found on every dollar bill and not begin to believe the story, a little. Too many anarchists in 19th-century Europe—Bakunin, Proudhon, Salverio Friscia—were Masons for it to be pure chance. Lovers of global conspiracy, not all of them Catholic, can count on the Masons for a few good shivers and voids when all else fails.” BelieveLooksLittlesLongStillsStoriesEyeFoundDifficultChanceKnownFailingGroupsCenturyStrangeTheoryLoversPureEuropeUltimateCatholicBillsDollarsPlotVoidConspiracyAnarchistPyramids19th CenturyShiverMasonsMasonicDollar BillsWhen All Else FailsSingle Eye Author:Thomas Pynchon
“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
“All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we know he enjoyed drinking - it is impossible to think of a person who enjoys drinking and not laughing. He enjoyed women - it is difficult to think of a man who enjoys women and not laughing. He was friendly, almost in love, with a prostitute, Mary Magdalene. It is difficult to move with a prostitute - he was not moving with a Catholic monk, not with a priest, not with the Pope... with a prostitute! These were the condemnations against him.” ThinkingKnowsMenPersonsHas BeensDifferentRealMovingJesusEnjoyDifficultChristLaughingImpossibleJesus ChristCatholicDrinkingEnjoyedFriendlyPriestsMaryPopeMonkCondemnationReal MenMary MagdaleneFalsification Author:Rajneesh
“Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.” WantInspirationFaithJesusDifficultResultsPracticeCatholicHumbleChristian InspirationalDisturbedBe Humble Book:Mother Teresa: Contemplative in the Heart of the World Source: Mother Teresa: Contemplative in the Heart of the World
“The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.” MomentsInspirationFaithDifficultChurchSourceCatholicSaintRenewalDifficult Moments Author:Pope John Paul II
“The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.” LovePersonsDoeChristianDifficultForeverOne DayCatholicForever Love Author:Pope John Paul II
“The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use” WantUseDifficultChurchReligiousEducationLeaderCatholicAngryOffensiveSay AnythingPromotionCatholic ChurchCondomReligious LeadersCondom Use Author:Emma Thompson
“We need to realize that a society in which contraceptives are widely used is going to have a very difficult time keeping free of abortions since the lifestyles and attitudes that contraception fosters create an alleged "need" for abortion.” NeedsUsedDifficultRealizingAttitudeCatholicLifestyleAbortionDifficult TimesContraceptionContraceptivesTime Keeping Author:Janet E. Smith
“Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy where there is no life at all?” Life IsFoundDifficultPathWalkingCatholicSeekingRealmsWhere You AreHappy LifePersistReposeYou Like It Book:The Confessions Source: The Confessions