#catholic

I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith - any religion. ↗

— Elizabeth Vargas

#any #better #bible #catholic #catholic faith

The best I can tell you in that way is that I’m much more at ease with fellow-Catholics than I am with heathens or Protestants. One has so many basic assumptions in common that there’s so much that doesn’t need saying, and when you’re talking to even the most amusing and intelligent heathen you suddenly find that something you’ve said has no meaning at all to them. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#intelligence

1883. ...The teaching of the Church has elaborated the principle of subsidiarity, according to which "a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to co-ordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view to the common good. ↗

— The Catholic Church

#freedom #seperation-of-church-and-state #freedom

Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed enemy of human happiness. Such people end up being practically a curse upon the human race. They vandalize life, exerting themselves not in the pursuit of gain or pleasure, but to hinder others' enjoyment. ↗

— Robert Sheaffer

#resentment #roman-catholic-church #life

We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad. ↗

— Saint Francis De Sales De Sales

#devotional #life

Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female. ↗

— Barbara W. Tuchman

#barbara-tuchman #catholic-church #christianity #religion #religion

I try hard to be a good Catholic. ↗

— Paul Begala

#good #hard #i #try

I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#animalistic #any #back #because #catholic

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#catholic #children #considering #four #i

I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. They were really strict. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#i #nuns #really #run #school