“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
“... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special temple ceremonies. Moreover, a great many distinguished women in history, including several Catholic saints, were also sealed to Joseph Smith in Utah. I saw these astonishing lists in the Latter-day Saint Genealogical Archives in Salt Lake City in 1944.” TwoCitiesSawsWifeSpecialHundredCatholicIncludingSaintListsGreat MenLakesLatterTemplesSaltCeremonyDistinguishedAstonishingRequestPolygamyArchivesLatter DaysCatholic SaintUtahLatter Day SaintsWomen In HistoryJoseph SmithSalt Lake City Author:Fawn M. Brodie
“We really want to send the message that commanders need to understand and be accountable. We saw that with the Catholic Church. No one cared when they went after the priests, but when they focused on the bishops then things began to change. And we see that analogy working with the military.” WantNeedsChurchSawsMilitaryMessagesCatholicFocusedPriestsCommandersCatholic ChurchBishopsAnalogiesNo One Cares Author:Amy Ziering
“I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.” PeopleWantedSchoolBeautifulGrowing UpSawsGrowingCatholicFantasticNunSuperstarSuperhumanCatholic School Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Those who saw Pope John Paul II either in person or through the mass media glimpsed a man who millions of Catholics believe may be one of the greatest popes in the history of the church.” MenBelieveMayPersonsChurchMillionsSawsMediaMassCatholicPopeMass MediaJohn PaulJohn Paul IiPope John Paul Author:Chris Matthews
“While we were walking around, we came to the Catholic church, and we saw that some people had set fire to carpets and banked them around the rectory, which was made out of wood. They knew every fire truck on the South Side was going to be in the park, that the rectory would just burn to the ground. Our one little act was putting out that fire.” PeopleLittlesMadeSidesChurchFireSawsWalkingCatholicSouthWoodsParksTruckCarpetCatholic Church Author:Sara Paretsky
“I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone.” MadeMatterSexSawsAbuseCatholicCirclesInnocentGuiltyPriestsMentalityWagonsProsecutorSex Abuse Author:Christine Pelosi
“The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own. But believe me, when you are dying, you see it is true. We all have the same beginning - birth - and we all have the same end - death. So how different can we be? Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you. Morrie Schwartz” PeopleIfsMenWorldWayLoveBelieveHumansLittlesDifferentEndsProblemBigsMightCareAgeCommunitySawsDyingLove YouThis WorldBirthMen And WomenCatholicDon't BelieveBelieve In MeProtestantsHuman FamilyThose You LoveMorrie Author:Mitch Albom
“When I was nineteen, pureness was the great issue. Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrats or white men and black men or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn’t, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another.” PeopleMenWorldPersonsBlackDifferencesWhiteIssuesSawsRepublicanMen And WomenCatholicDemocratSignificantDividedWhite ManProtestantsNineteenPureness Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar
“You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.” GivingInspirationFaithSawsTearsHolyKissingCatholicChristian InspirationalMaryWithin YouAltars Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“I went to a Catholic high school, which, to this day, I could burn down. And I got great revenge because they had their fiftieth anniversary, andThe Baltimore Sun called me and said, ‘What did you think of your high school?’ And I said, ‘They discouraged every interest I ever had.’ And I saw that in print.” ThinkingSaidSchoolInterestSunSawsHigh SchoolDown AndCatholicRevengePrintThis DayDiscouragedThink Of YouBaltimore Author:John Waters
“The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly.” SawsCatholicSaintContrastMaryProtestantsMediators Author:Robert Duvall