“In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those Churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests.” ChurchMarriedCatholicWesternVery GoodGreekPriestsBeing MarriedCatholic ChurchBishopsUkrainianByzantine Author:Pope Francis
“I wouldn't have known anything about Catholicism if I hadn't been dating Gert. In those days, Catholics were much less ecumenical than they are today. Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City and later when we went to Oxford before we got married we always went to the Catholic church.” IfsMindTodayChurchCitiesKnownNew YorkMarriedDatingCatholicCatholicismNew York CityCatholic ChurchOxford Author:Wesley Clark
“I've got a lot of back-up because my father was a Catholic, my mother was a Protestant, I was educated by Jews and I'm married to a Muslim. So I won't lose out on a technicality.” MotherFatherLosesMarriedCatholicJewEducatedProtestantsTechnicalities Author:Michael Caine
“A primatologist told me you can find love in the eyes of an orangutan. It's that old primate gleam that goes back thousands of years and can penetrate the deepest gloom of the jungle. Nothing can deter that gleam, which is why we primates have survived for so long to meet and procreate. In prison, the survival of romance is not easy, but it finds a way ... In Canada, there has been a succession of romances between prisoners and female guards, nurses, librarians, and one Catholic nun who married the convict after he divorced his wife.” WayYearsLongHas BeensEyeRomanceEasyWifeMarriedSurvivalFemaleCatholicPrisonCanadaPrisonerNurseSurvivedJungleDivorcedPenetrateLibrarianFinding LoveSuccessionGloomNunGleamPrimatesConvictsOrangutans Author:Shawn Thompson
“I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and say I want communion, as if joining in Communion were an award. It's a work towards integration, all doors are open, but we cannot say, 'from here on they can have communion.'” IfsKnowsWantYearsChurchDoorsMarriedCatholicUnionsAwardsCommunionIntegrationJoiningJoining In Author:Pope Francis
“I lived across from a Catholic church for 15 years that I never went into. And then I got married to my wife and - you know, and now we're going in there every other day baptizing a kid.” KnowsYearsKidsChurchWifeMarriedCatholicMy WifeCatholic Church Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we were out of the Church. It wasn't until we were divorced that we became good Catholics again.” YoungFeltChurchWifeMarriedCatholicMy WifeTrappedDivorced Author:Don Adams
“The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.” FormActorsFoundSidesPrayerActingMarriedCatholic Author:Liam Neeson
“Nick spoke again. "Her legitimacy will be questioned." Gabriel thought for several moments. "If our mother married her father, it means that the marchioness must have converted to Catholicism upon arriving in Italy. The Catholic Church would never have acknowledged her marriage in the Church of England." "Ah, so it is we who are illegitimate." Nick's words were punctuated with a wry smile. "To Italians, at least," Gabriel said. "Luckily, we are English." "Excellent. That works out well for us.” IfsWellsMeanSaidMomentsMotherFatherChurchMarriedEnglandCatholicWork OutExcellentSpokesCatholicismCatholic ChurchArrivingLegitimacyGabrielWryChurch Of EnglandWry Smile Book:Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake Source: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
“For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love.” StatesMarriedCatholicPriestsAffirmationChastityTriumphantWidowed Author:Josemaria Escriva
“If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of a Catholic nun. You’re married to a mystery.” IfsSongMysteryConditionsMarriedCatholicMysteriousNun Book:Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen Source: Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen