67 Quotes About Catholic-church

The Church is as corrupt as, or more corrupt than, most people. Between the Crusades, the sex scandals over the last few decades, and everything in between, who are they to judge? That’s right: no one. They are far from perfect. Like us. But they keep trying. And they do it in a way that is simple, dependable. Familiar. And that should be worth something to someone who says they are good or are trying to be but who is in actuality bad.

If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

What could there be in this document written by a young girl in 1917?

The medieval church imposed fast days on which sexual intercourse and the eating of flesh were forbidden, but eating "cold" foods was permitted. because fish came from water, it was deemed cold, as were waterfowl and whale, but meat was considered hot food.

Cod became almost a religious icon - a mythological crusader for Christian observance.

Following a meeting with Hitler, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, a man who had 'courageously criticized the Nazi attacks on the Catholic Church' - went away convinced that Hitler was deeply religious.

After the recent canonization of Pope Saint Paul VI, would it not be appropriate to meditate upon the example of that prophetic pope? In publishing the encyclical Humanæ Vitæ, on the one hand, and Credo of the People of God on the other, Paul VI gave us the example of a prophetic government, contrary to currents and pressures.

The most evil institution in the world is the Roman Catholic Church.