“People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and claim their stomach is upset the next morning. Does anyone fail to see that the world is an unjust judge, gracious and well disposed to its own children but harsh and rigorous towards the children of God?” PeopleIfsWorldWellsChildrenDoeNightNextWatchesMorningFailingJudgingClaimsCatholicDancingComplainingUpsetThirtyStomachHarshUnjustGraciousChild Of God Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“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
“One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution... But as judges we are neither Jew nor Gentile, neither Catholic nor agnostic.” JudgingConstitutionCatholicJewMinoritiesAgnosticPersecutedGentilesInsensible Author:Felix Frankfurter
“As a Catholic, you can have two views on capital punishment. You can think, let Caesar do what Caesar needs to do, and the law says you can impose capital punishment, so you impose it. You can [also] be a Catholic who says we can't kill, we can't kill babies and we can't kill adults. If you let a decision be driven by your personal views, then you are not doing what a judge needs to do, which is enforce the laws of the society that you are in. But you can control your own behavior, and that is the choice that the church and God gives us - what kind of people are we going to be.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGivingKindTwoLawChoicesChurchDecisionViewsJudgingBabyBehaviorAdultsCatholicDrivenPunishmentCapital PunishmentPersonal Views Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.” IfsTwoHandsAsksFriendshipLosesAcceptingJudgingFriendsGainsCatholicSaintStrangerDisputesRequestHippoOne FriendTwo FriendsChristian Friends Author:Saint Augustine
“This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President.” WayYearsAmericaPresidentWhiteStudentsCollegeJudgingRepublicanGayMembersCatholicDemocraticMalesCongressSavedAfrican AmericanCombatMexicanSurgeonsKoreanAmerican PresidentCollege StudentsMexican American Author:Mark Shields
“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
“I was inclined to judge the validity of a man's faith more by the depth of his roots in reality and brotherhood and love. So I felt more at home, shall we say with some Zoroastrians in the Far East, than I did with some Catholic missionaries.” MenHomeRealityFeltJudgingRootsAnd LoveCatholicDepthEastBrotherhoodValidity Author:Pierre Trudeau
“The most enduring of the false narratives is that the signature phrase of the early pontificate - "Who am I to judge?" - was a matter of the pope jettisoning millennia of Catholic moral teaching. It was not. It was a specific response to the circumstances of a man who had repented and was trying to live an upright life.” MenTryingMatterMoralTeachingJudgingCircumstancesCatholicResponseEndureNarrativePhrasesPopeSignatures Author:George Weigel
“Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.” SpiritChurchExampleJudgingCatholicLive ByCatholicismClosestCatholic Church Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this very well. It says they should not be marginalized because of this (orientation) but that they must be integrated into society. The problem is not having this orientation. We must be brothers.” IfsShouldWellsPersonsProblemChurchBrotherJudgingGayCatholicGood WillCatholic ChurchIntegratedOrientationMarginalizedCatechism Author:Pope Francis