Quotes by Catholic I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father. A. N. Wilson catholic father thinking I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches. Aaron Neville catholic father people I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things. Abel Ferrara taught catholic thinking I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. Abel Ferrara buddhist catholic And I myself a Catholic will be, Abraham Cowley catholic saint religion The fact that the Catholic Church has come to an agreement with Fascist Italy ... proves beyond doubt that the Fascist world of ideas is closer to Christianity than those of Jewish liberalism or even atheistic Marxism. Adolf Hitler catholic agreement ideas In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest conflict with his religious convictions. The mighty common struggle which both carried on against the destroyer of Aryan humanity had, on the contrary, taught them mutually to respect and esteem one another. Adolf Hitler catholic religious struggle The root of the whole evil lay, particularly in Schonerer's opinion, in the fact that the directing body of the Catholic Church was not in Germany, and that for this very reason alone it was hostile to the interests of our nationality. Adolf Hitler catholic roots evil The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by the Catholic Church. This treaty shows the whole world clearly and unequivocally that the assertion that National Socialism is hostile to religion is a lie. Adolf Hitler catholic mean lying I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant Catholics, whether we're from Methodist or Baptist or what. Aimee Semple McPherson baptists catholic mean You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts. Al McGuire catholic basketball school I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head. Alan Alda catholic shapes doe I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private. Alan Alda catholic too-much belief I read in the newspaper that the Catholic Church finally decided that it had been theologically improper to try to convert the Jews. Whoops! Sorry for all those inquisitions, crusades, and autos-da-fe. Previous popes were wrong - infallible, perhaps, but wrong. Alan Dershowitz catholic sorry religion Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested in the Church, but today I feel a great admiration for the Church, which alone has had the courage to struggle for spiritual truth and moral liberty Albert Einstein catholic struggle spiritual Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly. Albert Einstein persistence catholic intellectual In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children. Alex Gibney sacrifice catholic children The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong. Alex Gibney police catholic sex One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes. Alfred Hitchcock after-death last-words catholic I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. Alison Bechdel confession appeals catholic 1234567891011»