You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure.

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.

Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints.

Children who were very truly pious in a Catholic childhood are apt to retain a nostalgia for the absolute.

Hierarchy, as in the Catholic Church, has to do with power, and vertical attention has to do with longing.

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.

I have a lot of mental scars from being brought up Catholic and being sent to Catholic school for 13 years!

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

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

I was born a Roman Catholic but had never tried to read the Bible. Now, I ensure that I read it completely.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

I would not describe myself as the best Catholic - I'm a bit of a cherry-picker. I like the community of it.

For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.

I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

We slit the Catholic throat, stoned the poor on such slogans as wish you could hear and love is all we need.

I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic.

For where I found Truth, there found I my God, the Truth itself; which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.

There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.

The Catholic Church's teachings are authoritative. There is a moral absolute on abortion - that it is wrong.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.

I go to a Catholic school and I'm telling you: invisibility = eternal damnation. You can take it to the bank.

I have the freedom of seeing it [churches and paintings of saints] with a non-Catholic eye without the guilt.

Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.

I remember, as a young Catholic girl in high school, seeing 'The Exorcist,' and it scared the wits out of me.

The Catholic Church played an integral role in supporting the opening between the U.S. and Cuban governments.

We are all born like Catholics, aren't we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

I'm easily frightened, and I've also come to realize that old Catholic guilt or remorse is easily stimulated.

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.

The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.

Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

I was raised Catholic, and I knew of Him and certainly what He did, but I never truly experienced knowing Him.

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic... I'm very faithful.

The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.

My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.

It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!

I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.

The things of Catholic life are never boring because we have such a rich tradition and so many stories to tell.

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

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