841 Quotes About Catholic

I survived. [When asked what he had done during the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution]

I survived. [When asked what he had done during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution]

The Christian message is not a prophecy of condemnation. It calls to penance in order to call to salvation. It is not bitter. It is not ill-tempered. It is not discourteous. It is not ironic. It is not pessimistic. It is generous. It is strong and joyful. It is full of beauty and poetry. It is full of vigor and majesty. Indeed, it raises the Cross: suffering, sacrifice, death, but only to bring comfort, redemption, and life." (Paul VI)

How ironic that an extraordinarily articulate diplomat with unparalleled cultural sensitivities and a gift for making compelling gestures would end up being the most misunderstood pontiff of modern times.

When I pounded ninety-five theses at the Wittenberg doors in 2005 shortly after Ratzinger was made pope, I did so knowing that this man and his minions were a dangerous team to turn the church over to.

November 22nd, 1963, was the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination. It was also the last day that America had a Catholic President until the election of Joe Biden in 2020. The gap will officially end with his inauguration in January 2021.

We often see this today: people expect the liturgy to be conformed to their emotional states rather than they conforming themselves to an objective cult, which conforms itself to God.

When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete” (St. Augustine,

Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,140 tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.”141 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no 2333    circumstances can they be approved.