“Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left.” YearsDoneLeftDutyCatholic Author:James Connolly
“Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the ferocity of the Hussite, of the Catholic, of the Puritan, of the Spaniard, of the Irish Orangeman and of the Irish Papist; it has divided families, alienated friends, lighted the torch of civil war, and borne the virgin and the greybeard to the burning pile, broken delicate limbs upon the wheel and wrung the souls and bodies of innocent creatures on the rack; all this it has done, and done in the name of God.” WarSoulDoneBodyReligionNamesReligiousChristianityBrokenCreaturesCatholicInnocentBurningCivil WarWheelsDividedDelicateVirginsLimbsFuryEgotismTorchesPuritanCelibacyRacksInquisitionIniquityMonasteriesSoul And BodyFerocitySpaniardsReligious Wars Author:Ouida
“I don't believe less in American government because of a bad politician. I don't believe less in the Catholic Church because of a criminal priest but I wish we were doing more - and had done more in the past especially - to do something about these things. It doesn't harm my faith but it gets me just mad that these things have existed.” BelieveDoneGovernmentPastWishChurchPoliticianCatholicMadDon't BelieveHarmCriminalsPriestsCatholic ChurchAmerican Government Author:Lino Rulli
“I attended Catholic school. We received a great education from the nuns. ... Also, guilt. Guilt and a feeling of never being satisfied with what you've done. And a sense that you are inadequate and a big phony. All useful for a writer. I'm always being edited by my inner nun.” DoneFeelingsBigsSchoolCatholicGuiltSatisfiedInadequateNunPhonyGreat EducationEditedCatholic School Author:George Saunders
“I do have some Catholic stuff that is done from the perspective of an ignorant Catholic. But other than that, topic-wise, there's nothing really filthy.” DoneStuffWisePerspectiveCatholicIgnorantTopicsFilthy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways of protecting societies from dangerous people without killing them. And in fact, it's important to remember that much of the world has done away with the death penalty.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensImportantCountryDoneFactsRememberUnderstandingDangerousCatholicKillingPenaltiesDeath PenaltyOutdated Author:Shane Claiborne
“[Pope] Francis ought to be taken at his word when he says, as he has often done, that he is a son of the Church who believes and teaches what the Catholic Church believes and teaches.” BelieveDoneChurchTeachTakenSonOughtCatholicPopeCatholic Church Author:George Weigel
“I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes things. He's like a liberation theology guy, but I think that what he's done is focused the Catholic Church where it should be - on the poor.” ThinkingWorldShouldDoneGuyCertainProcessChurchPoorShapesCatholicFocusedTheologyLiberationPopeCatholic ChurchPlaces In The World Author:Bill O'Reilly
“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
“During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: “Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power to destroy the Catholic Church?” The cardinal, the anecdote goes, responded ruefully: “Your majesty, we, the Catholic clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last 1,800 years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.”” YearsDoneLastsChurchArgumentCatholicCatholicismFrustratingMajestyCatholic ChurchCardinalsClergyAnecdotesEminenceRoman CatholicBonaparte Author:Ross Douthat
“Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.” WorldFirstsMatterDoneInspirationFaithCatholicChristian InspirationalGod LoveHoliness Author:Christopher West
“Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.” PeopleIfsNeedsDoneLordCatholicRefuse Author:Martin of Tours
“We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do.” DoneCatholicServantObliged Author:Luke the Evangelist
“I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if done without love.” IfsDoneJoyCatholicDeedsImperfectGood DeedsWithout Love Author:Therese of Lisieux
“You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment.” DoneSinCatholicDressesSpreadPurityModestyInvitedChastitySnaresCatholic SaintImpurityChastity PurityPurity And Love Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. [] Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. [] Whatsoever [the bishop] shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.” PeopleMenMayDoeDoneFatherJesusChristChurchJesus ChristCatholicInstitutionsConnectedSecureReverenceMultitudesApostlesCatholic ChurchBishopsDeacons Author:Ignatius of Antioch
“All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people feel welcomed and loved in it.” PeopleFeelsDoneAsksChurchCatholicHoliness Author:Pope Francis