“Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.” PeopleProblemChurchReligiousGreaterDevelopmentTraditionCatholicRemarkableOpennessPersuasionDesirableCatholic ChurchReligious Traditions Author:Francis Arinze
“Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals of the Catholic church; however, people took it wrongly.” PeopleWellsBeliefChurchReligiousCatholicRitualAttackingCatholic ChurchReligious BeliefFormality Author:Tom Lehrer
“Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church.... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.” IfsFactsChristianTermChurchReligiousExpressionHarmonyCatholicRemainsHistoricalSocialismDoctrineContradictionDogmaCatholic ChurchImplyingHistorical Facts Author:Pope Pius XI
“During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise.” DoeSchoolChurchReligiousLossAnswersExistenceProveCatholicAriseInstructionI Have LearnedExistentialCatholic ChurchExistence Of God Author:Jean-Claude Juncker