- Civil Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Church Quotes
On the pews people grew up in.
Several of these quotes recall specific childhood routines, like learning the rosary or attending Sunday school regularly, memories tied to the broader faith collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Loving the church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the church and not one's own.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament.
- Bishops
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.
- Faithful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.
- Court
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020