I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. Votes: 5
Vera FarmigaBecoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Carl OlsonBecoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Carl E. OlsonMany trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality. Votes: 3
Jodi PicoultI attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school. Votes: 3
Natalie MassenetDon't jump down - folks, contraception in the Catholic Church is a thing. Votes: 3
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodI grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly. Votes: 3
Bradley CooperWhat we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. Votes: 3
William P. LeahyUltimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church. Votes: 3
Allen GinsbergMy family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions. Votes: 3
Whoopi GoldbergPlenty of people are raised Catholic and then aren't Catholic anymore, like any religion. Votes: 3
Danny MastersonI was still rooting for Notre Dame.It's like there's the cultural Catholic experience. Votes: 3
Jim GaffiganProtestant women may take the pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking The Tablet. Votes: 3
Irene ThomasI suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. Votes: 3
George R. R. MartinPray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Votes: 3
Saint AugustineI'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian. Votes: 3
Peter O'TooleI'm neither Catholic not Protestant. Protestant sounds good but I don't think I am. Votes: 3
Joseph BrodskyI have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish. Votes: 3
Tom T. HallI'm an Episcopal, which is Catholic Lite. It's like same religion, half the guilt. Votes: 3
Robin WilliamsI was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism. Votes: 3
Nic PizzolattoCatholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself. Votes: 3
Richard MorrisYou can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts. Votes: 3
Al McGuireIf it were purely up to me, my kids would probably be vegetarian Catholic Marxists. Votes: 3
Martin FreemanAs you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Votes: 3
Nancy PelosiI am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. Votes: 3
T. S. EliotIf a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him. Votes: 3
Pope Pius IXI'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material. Votes: 3
Kate ClintonI think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others. Votes: 3
Shane ClaiborneCatholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonA joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument. Votes: 3
Scott HahnCatholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad. Votes: 3
Jacob M. AppelI did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult. Votes: 3
Quentin S. CrispI'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents. Votes: 3
Tim KaineAs for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction. Votes: 3
Dan SimmonsMy mom's Jewish and my dad's Irish Catholic alcoholic, so I whine on the inside. Votes: 3
Margaret SmithKinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Bill CondonI was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything. Votes: 3
Danny BoyleHe who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever. Votes: 3
John of DamascusYou should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together. Votes: 3
Jodi Lyn O'KeefeBeyond a doubt, they perish eternally who do not keep the Catholic faith entire and unchanged. Votes: 3
Pope Gregory XVIYou start reading C.S. Lewis, then you're reading G.K. Chesterton, then you're a Catholic. Votes: 3
Ross DouthatNeither the true faith nor eternal salvation is to be found outside the Holy Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Pope Pius IXIf you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference. Votes: 3
Flannery O'ConnorI was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches. Votes: 3
Aaron NevilleEvery kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day. Votes: 3
Cheech MarinI was raised in a nominal Roman Catholic home, but without any really strong faith there. Votes: 3
Frederica Mathewes-GreenI was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong. Votes: 3
Scott HahnI'm just a good Catholic boy - I do naughty things and feel guilty about them. Votes: 3
Steve CooganYou know you're in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews. Votes: 3
Cheech MarinI am a Catholic. Basically, the Catholic religion is 'If it feels good - stop.' Votes: 3
Adam FerraraI was brought up Catholic. Then I had a joint and looked at the world differently. Votes: 3
Liam GallagherI went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt. Votes: 3
George StroumboulopoulosI come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood. Votes: 3
Jenna MorascaSometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them. Votes: 3
Fulton J. SheenI went to Boston College. It's a Catholic college, yeah I had a nickname there: Jew. Votes: 3
Gary GulmanEinstein uses his concept of God more often than a Catholic priest. Once I asked him: Votes: 3
Leopold InfeldThe Roman Catholics teach that unless you're a Roman Catholic you do not go to heaven. Votes: 3
Neale Donald WalschI'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination. Votes: 3
Julianna BaggottI'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends. Votes: 3
Paul BegalaI don't understand why the police are infallible. They remind me a lot of the Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Bill MaherI went to Catholic school. Do as you're told; don't ask questions and you will be illuminated. Votes: 3
Katherine HelmondI was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no. Votes: 3
Natasha LeggeroI have great respect for Catholic traditions; my family is Catholic, and it's part of my life. Votes: 3
JuanesThis is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. Votes: 3
William P. LeahyThe Catholic Church has a tough new policy on child molestors: three strikes and you're a cardinal. Votes: 3
David LettermanIf there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign! Votes: 3
Sinead O'ConnorThe Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonI don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny. Votes: 3
Mary KarrEvery time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back. Votes: 3
Janine di GiovanniThe Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope. Votes: 3
Otto von BismarckAnd I'm a Catholic, from an Irish Catholic family, and we know plenty of stuff about guilt. Votes: 3
Bob GuntonI was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme. Votes: 3
Conor OberstWhen I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago. Votes: 3
Diablo CodyTruth is, I'm a good Catholic girl. The faith has always been elusive, but the guilt is intractable. Votes: 3
Janet EvanovichHey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. Votes: 3
Paul RyanAs the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. Votes: 3
Pope John Paul IIRaised Roman Catholic up until 11 or 12, didn't stick. Went out into the world and did my own thing. Votes: 3
Stephen BaldwinI grew up with the Boston vibe and the Catholic vibe. I don't want to put anybody out. Votes: 3
John KrasinskiEverything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story. Votes: 3
Donald WuerlGod is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross? Votes: 3
Pope John Paul III come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner. Votes: 3
JuanesI did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church. Votes: 3
Matthew ScullyMy mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything. Votes: 3
Isabelle HuppertThe Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women. Votes: 3
Andrew GreeleyFor me the hardest struggle in my faith life was the Catholic Church is against the death penalty. Votes: 3
Tim KaineMy dad said, 'In school, be a Catholic. At home, be a Hindu.' So we did both. Votes: 3
Deepak ChopraI was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school. Votes: 3
Marina WarnerI think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood. Votes: 3
Don DeLilloHe was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. Votes: 3
Kingsley AmisI taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif. Votes: 3
Elizabeth GeorgeI am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big. Votes: 3
Bill O'ReillyI was born a Catholic and now I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm something but I'm not a believer any more. Votes: 3
Paul BettanyI grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. Votes: 3
Jimmy FallonI had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. Votes: 3
Pierce BrosnanI grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week. Votes: 3
Park Chan-wookHow could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me! Votes: 3
Elizabeth of HungaryI would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so. Votes: 3
Saint AugustineIt is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention. Votes: 7 Pope John XXIII
Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that the truths contained in that vision liberate students in the most profound meaning of human freedom. Votes: 3 Pope John Paul II
If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him. Votes: 5 Pope Pius IX
Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York City. I'm not saying New York is the Gay Mecca. But it's at least Gay-rusalem. Votes: 3 Stephen Colbert
Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I don't do it, it plagues me. Votes: 1 Bradley Cooper
I was nerdy girl who went to Catholic school and wanted to be an engineer. I was all set to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology. And then I took a hard left turn and studied Liberal Arts at Northern Illinois University, majored in Communications. Then worked in radio as a disk jockey and as the weather girl. Votes: 1 Cindy Morgan
I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt. Votes: 6 George Stroumboulopoulos
I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided. Votes: 1 Mark Foley
Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off! Votes: 1 Deirdre O'Kane
I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic. Votes: 1 Madeleine Albright
Here's the problem with Easter. The Catholic Church needs to pick a date because it keeps moving. And I think the reason they always have Easter moving to different dates is to catch us. Votes: 1 Denis Leary
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. Votes: 2 Vera Farmiga
At the political level, most Jews and most Catholics have accepted the liberal idea of religious freedom. Votes: 1 David Novak
My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised. Votes: 1 Richard John Neuhaus
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. Votes: 4 Pierce Brosnan
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics. Votes: 1 Jared Harris
I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. Votes: 2 Monica Bellucci