Catholic Faith Quotes

What is the pope doing inserting himself – he’s the Vicar of Christ. He is the worldwide leader of the Catholic faith. What is he doing inserting himself into the American political system this way? That to me is the larger question.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a ‘mortal sin’ subject to damnation.

Christianity could not content itself with building up its own altar; it was absolutely forced to undertake the destruction of the heathen altars. Only from this fanatical intolerance could its apodictic faith take form; this intolerance is, in fact, its absolute presupposition.

In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and of adders.

actions speak louder than words

I attribute all of my success to my Catholic faith. My faith has given me the ability to be a good father, a good husband and most importantly a good person.

I think there’s nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith— any religion.

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.

You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held

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

There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in conformity with the Catholic faith. It is not always easy to make this determination.

Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.

If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

I live near Amish communities in northern Indiana and I have the greatest respect for such faithful people. They attempt to live their faith more fully by separating themselves, as far as possible, from the wider culture and its influences. That has never been the teaching of the Catholic faith.

Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true Faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

Beyond a doubt, they perish eternally who do not keep the Catholic faith entire and unchanged.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India… has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

It’s at the core of the Catholic faith, and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life, a child-centered family system, is hard to imagine.

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.