Catholic Quotes
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In my late teens, like many a devout Catholic boy, I considered the priesthood and even went as far as discussing the idea at a seminary in Belfast but hesitated. I decided to focus on physics at university, another way perhaps to contemplate the mysteries of reality.
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(and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate as politicians give out promises and whores give out)
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I had this duality growing up with my dad being a strict Catholic and his brother being a priest and my mother finding God in nature, so I've taken a little from both [traditions].
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Once a Catholic always a Catholic.
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I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.
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The real Stephen Colbert is a practicing Catholic. He teaches Sunday school. He can recite chapter and verse of chapter and verse - from both the King James Bible and 'The Lord of the Rings.'
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For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I dabbled a little, but nothing stuck.
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People think sometimes there is a 'Catholic vote' because of one particular issue. This demeans who we are as a Catholic community. We should take the whole thing... We take everything.
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The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
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I'm not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.
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I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.
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Why was Christ so compassionate towards sexual sinners, especially women? Think of the woman caught in adultery. Think of the prostitute who wept at his feet. Could it be because Christ knew that these women, who had been deceived by counterfeit loves, were actually looking for him, the true Bridegroom?
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Through his deferential yet decidedly determined demeanor, Pope Francis is not only setting a superior spiritual standard, but he is also leading a thorough transformation of the Catholic Church - rivaling any brand revitalization or corporate turnaround you could name.
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The Catholic Church [with Pope John Paul II] has lost its shepherd. The world has lost a champion of human freedom.
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I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there.
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One night, I just woke up and I went, 'Killing Jesus.' And I believe, because I'm a Catholic, that comes from the Holy Spirit. My inspiration comes from that. And so I wrote 'Killing Jesus' because I think I was directed to write that.
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Two of my aunts are Catholic sisters.
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Did you hear the one about the elderly Jew on his deathbed who sent for a priest, after declaring to his astonished relatives that 'I want to convert.' Asked why he would become a Catholic, after living all his life as a Jew, he answered: 'Better one of them should die than one of us.'
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Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.
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I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.
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The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.
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Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.
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I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check.
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You Catholic girls start much too late But sooner or later it comes down to fate I might as well be the one.
