“Through the confessional system the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could not speak Latin from an understanding of the very system of thought that bound them.” PeopleSpeakUnderstandingChurchMassCatholicBoundsLatinCatholic ChurchExcluded Author:Julian Assange
“I want to see religious instruction and sermons held in German in the mosques. The ideal, in my view, would be for imams to be trained in Germany and to speak our language, just as the Roman Catholic Church now holds mass in German and gave up Latin long ago.” WantLongWould BeSpeakLanguageChurchReligiousViewsMassIdealsCatholicGermanyLatinInstructionLong AgoSermonsCatholic ChurchGave UpMosquesRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“That phrase "hocus-pocus" started out as "hocus-pocus dominocus", and was, in the beginning, a mocking imitation of the holy incantations of the Catholic Church's Latin liturgy. So say the lexicologists.” ChurchHolyCatholicPhrasesLatinImitationCatholic ChurchLiturgyHocus Pocus Author:L. M. Boyd
“Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.” WayDoorsMysteryFindingsMirrorsCatholicPursuitSmokeArtisticMy WayLatinDispositionBack Doors Author:Susan Sarandon
“The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was - if you go to my church now, it's incredibly bright inside. But at - when I was young, it was very dark inside. And it was just the difference in the way that they've painted it since I've gone there. And it strives for a very different and welcoming spirit.” IfsWayDifferentYoungSpiritDifferencesChurchDarkGoneMassCatholicStriveWelcomeMysteriousLatinStrifeCatholic Religion Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I grew up in the north of Chile, and this is why there are a lot of religious symbols in my pictures, because the Catholic Church in Latin America is very strong. If I was born in Japan, I would speak about Buddhism, but I was born in South America.” SpeakStrongChurchReligiousBuddhismCatholicLatinVery StrongLatin America Author:Alejandro Jodorowsky
“In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.” PersonsCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulEthicsCatholicMythologySinnerLatinPuritanSuccessful Person Author:Umberto Eco