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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? Quentin Crisp

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Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. Pope Benedict XVI

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church. Maggie Gallagher

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I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade. Gail Collins

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The most successful terrorist group in the United States for almost 70 years was the Ku Klux Klan. They hated Catholics, Jews, and blacks. They were prone to violence. Pete Hamill

Group Jews States Hated Prone Blacks Klan Almost Most Catholics Terrorist Were Years Successful United United States Violence

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. Andrew Greeley

Science Collapsed Generally Put Schools Catholics Test Were Intellectuals Graduate Going Arts Not Interested Interested Believed

To think that a Catholic bishop must answer to a civil authority over matters of faith is abominable. It is abhorrent to me, to other Catholics, and to every member of every faith community. Andrew Scheer

Faith Me Matters Community Every Think Other Bishop Member Must Abhorrent Civil Over Catholic Catholics Answer Authority

For black Catholics, the papal visit is a time of anticipation but also a time of reflection on their difficult - but important - place within the Catholic Church in America. Anthea Butler

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I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

God Jews Muslims Atheism Would Seeking Rather Accept Became Catholics Than Modern-Day Meaning Multitudes Reject

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was. Bill McCartney

Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics. Bono

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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics. Carlos Fuentes

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Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law. Cass Sunstein

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I don't think I ever once heard Mum utter a religious or spiritual sentiment, a considerable feat considering that she was married for 57 years to one of the most prominent Catholics in the country. Christopher Buckley

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Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all. Diane Lane

Guilt Jews Fine Catholics Mothers Trump Them

My feeling is that if all Catholics or Reformed Christians had been deported to Germany, the Dutch government in London would have instructed the population in the occupied Netherlands to help them. Els Borst

Government Feeling Would London Netherlands Had Instructed Occupied Catholics Been Germany Reformed Dutch Them Help Population Christians

The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. Enda Kenny

Government Unprecedented Brought Vatican Catholics Revelations Irish Juncture Report

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old. Geraldine Brooks

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A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths. Greg Walden

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I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants. James Larkin

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