#catholics

A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#faith #large #left #loss #many

Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#catholics #consequence #during #extraordinary #ii

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#audience #believe #catholics #god #i

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#against #basic #catholics #church #clearly

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

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