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 AugustineI am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church. Votes: 7 Andres Serrano
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