#catholics

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#being #catholic #catholics #early #fill

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#believed #catholics #collapsed #generally #going

All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems. ↗

— Richard Morris

#days #hear #old #out #pop

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#church #every #having #join #mean

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#body #catholics #christ #church #communion

Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all. ↗

— Diane Lane

#fine #guilt #jews #mothers #them

I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants. ↗

— James Larkin

#i #kill #protestants #sectarianism #tried

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#boston #catholics #church #clergy #done

I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#church #found #i #issues #know

We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#catholics #community #counseling #general #grandfathers