“Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the soul of the nation and the dominant trait of character of the Portuguese people.” PeopleSoulCharacterNationsBornChurchElementsShadowCatholicTraitsDominantCatholic ChurchPortugalPortuguese Author:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
“All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.” ShouldCountryStatesLawPoliticalEnergyFeltCausesChurchLibertyPrinciplesLimitsElementsConstitutionCatholicAffairScaryActiveAdministrationFixedLegislationPenetrateVigilanceUsagePolitical Life Author:Pope Leo XIII
“We are amphibious creatures, weaponed for two elements, having two sets of faculties, the particular and the catholic.” TwoHumanityParticularCreaturesElementsCatholicFaculty Book:The Annotated Emerson Source: The Annotated Emerson
“We are here a nation, composed of the most heterogeneous elements-Protestants and Catholics, English, French, German, Irish, Scotch, every one, let it be remembered, with his traditions, with his prejudices. In each of these conflicting antagonistic elements, however, there is a common spot of patriotism, and the only true policy is that which reaches that common patriotism and makes it vibrate in all toward common ends and common aspirations.” EndsNationsCommonPolicyElementsTraditionPrejudiceCatholicSpotsRememberedAspirationProtestantsScotchVibrate Author:Wilfrid Laurier
“I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in helping those in need. In contrast, the US carried out a virtual war against the church in central America in the 1980's primarily because prime elements in the church were working with great courage and honor to help those in need. And to organize them to help themselves.” ThinkingNeedsWarHelpingAmericaChurchRolesHonorCivilizationElementsCatholicWesternPrimeContrastOrganizeHonorableCatholic ChurchWestern CivilizationVery PositiveThose In NeedCentral America Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Catholic novelist in the South will see many distorted images of Christ, but he will certainly feel that a distorted image of Christ is better than no image at all. I think he will feel a good deal more kinship with backwoods prophets and shouting fundamentalists than he will with those politer elements for whom the supernatural is an embarrassment and for whom religion has become a department of sociology or culture or personality development.” ThinkingFeelsCultureChristDealsPersonalityDevelopmentElementsCatholicSouthNovelistsProphetDepartmentSociologyEmbarrassmentShoutingKinshipBackwoods Author:Flannery O'Connor
“I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense...who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school...what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it's crazy.” ThinkingBelieveDoeMatterWholeProblemKidsSchoolCausesPrayerTeacherCrazyPrayingElementsCatholicDon't BelieveDiscussionNonsenseEpiscopalians Author:Charles M. Schulz
“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism.” WorldFirstsStoriesCoursesReligiousLordPracticeCuttingElementsCatholicRingsImaginaryCultSymbolismRevisionImaginary World Book:The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien