Catholic Church Quotes

“Commentaries and studies have been multiplied upon the Divine Comedy, the work of DANTE, and yet no one, so far as we know, has pointed out its especial character. The work of the great Ghibellin is a declaration of war against the Papacy, by bold revelations of the Mysteries.”
― Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry 1

“A Lodge inaugurated under the auspices of Rousseau, the fanatic of Geneva, became the center of the revolutionary movement in France, and a Prince of the blood-royal went thither to swear the destruction of the successors of Philippe le Bel on the tomb of Jacques de Molai. The registers of the Order of Templars attest that the Regent, the Duc d'Orleans, was Grand Master of that formidable Secret Society, and that his successors were the Duc de Maine, the Prince of Bourbon-Conde, and the Duc de Cosse-Briassac.
The Templars comprotmitted the King; they saved him from the rage of the People, to exasperate that rage and bring on the catastrophe prepared for centuries; it was a scaffold that the vengeance of the Templars demanded. The secret movers of the French Revolution had sworn to overturn the Throne and the Altar upon the Tomb of Jacques de Molai. When Louis XVI. was executed, half the work was done; and thenceforward the Army of the Temple was to direct all its efforts against the Pope.”
― Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma

“Es matemático: donde decae la religión, crece la superstición.”
― Gabrielle Amorth

“Prudence and insight often conceal a tepid, weak heart.”
― Charles A. Coulombe, Everyman Today Call Rome/Includes Study Guide

“If everybody fell in love, there won't be any church left.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“The Vatican is less of a religious institution and more of a headquarter of inhumanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Nothing can alter the fact that the Catholic Church is the one true Church of Christ, the community of the faithful who are led by the Vicar of Christ in Rome, who holds in his hands the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, according to the promise of Christ (Matt. 16:19). (chapter 23)”
― Robert Bergin, This Apocalyptic Age

“A tradition or societal custom of bowing to one another when meeting, or tipping the hat as gentlemen used to, can be changed. But it is not a morally problematic custom. Customs may come and go through time and the different cultures in a country, city, or state. Still, Christians are called by the Church to look beyond this and discern if whether it pushes the boundaries of Christian morality or is just a harmless custom.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“These are just a few examples of the strikingly similar disregard the pre-Christian pagans had for decency and modesty that we can see today in society. But we can also begin to see Church Fathers confront this issue, regularly stressing the importance of dressing and acting modestly in their sermons.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“Today our news media is bombarded by bare-chested “feminists” yowling in the streets proclaiming their rights to murder their children in their wombs, their rights to have intimate relations with each other, and oddly enough, that they have “equal rights and dignity with men.” Notice, too, if we watch the decline of morals in our society, the acceptance of public nudity and immodesty begin to escalate.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“All in all, this shows that not every bad person dresses immodestly, and not every well-dressed person is holy, but it merely clarifies the pagan characteristics of public nudity and the Christian roots of reverencing the human body.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“It is interesting to note that immodesty in dress was not solely a problem of the 1960s till today, but it continued through time as other vices which the Church never failed to warn of and condemn. And it was a constant theme in pagan cultures, while Christianity always promoted dignity in dress.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“The question of whether or not it is sinful for a woman to wear pants is such a point of confusion, division, and animosity among Catholics today that it should be addressed here. The issue needs to be settled once and for all. The question of wearing pants is the last thing Catholics should be outwardly attacking each other for.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“This leads us to wonder if letting little boys dress up in little girl clothing is OK. After all, if girls dress up as boys, what is the difference? And then, if girls dress in pants, why shouldn’t boys dress in skirts and dresses?”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“As Our Lady called for penance and prayers to save souls at Fatima, dressing decently can be a beautiful offering to heaven that will reap many, many rewards.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“Look around us in this world, how it suffers!”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“It is not surprising that what we wear in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament is different from what we wear in our own homes or swimming. This is simply having proper decorum; the Church does not call man to wear a suit and tie to bed or constantly in his own home. Nor would it be sensible for him to swim in such an outfit.
Charity, decorum, and Christian decency demand that man appears well dressed for the occasion. The difference here is not simply “cultural” or “situational,” but a call to be charitable in our decorum, decency in our actions and dress, and humility as Catholics. Note how Police Officers are dressed while on duty, or Nuns in their habits and priests in their collar (and cassock, for Traditional priests).”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“Thankfully, we are not left to our own devices, even if it feels like it. The Church clearly teaches us about what is sinful and what isn’t, and our duties. We simply must catechize ourselves in the Traditional Catholic Faith.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“We must never forget our proper role as Catholics; children of God and heirs of Heaven.”
― Julia Black, Catholic Modesty: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It's Still Important

“Cardinal Wojtyła and one of his auxiliary bishops, Juliusz Groblicki, clandestinely ordained priests for service in Czechoslovakia, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that the Holy See had forbidden underground bishops in that country to perform such ordinations. The clandestine ordinations in Kraków were always conducted with the explicit permission of the candidate’s superior—his bishop or, in the case of members of religious orders, his provincial. Security systems had to be devised. In the case of the Salesian Fathers, a torn-card system was used. The certificate authorizing the ordination was torn in half. The candidate, who had to be smuggled across the border, brought one half with him to Kraków, while the other half was sent by underground courier to the Salesian superior in Kraków. The two halves were then matched, and the ordination could proceed in the archbishop’s chapel at Franciszkańska, 3.

Cardinal Wojtyła did not inform the Holy See of these ordinations. He did not regard them as acts in defiance of Vatican policy, but as a duty to suffering fellow believers. And he presumably did not wish to raise an issue that could not be resolved without pain on all sides. He may also have believed that the Holy See and the Pope knew that such things were going on in Kraków, trusted his judgment and discretion, and may have welcomed a kind of safety valve in what was becoming an increasingly desperate situation.”
― George Weigel, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II

“The view of the Catholic Church on biological evolution has been cautious. In Humani Generis, Pius XII permitted discussion of evolution by competent thinkers, but warned against any presumption that evolution has been proved true, "as if there were nothing in the sources of Divine Revelation which demands the greatest moderation and caution in this question". Pius XII's caution was justified; since his death the theory has had some resounding problems.”
― Randy England, Unicorn in the Sanctuary : The Impact of the New Age

“Who can deny it? The Church existed before the Bible; she made the Bible; she selected its books, and she preserved it. She handed it down; through her we know what is the Word of God, and what the word of man; and hence to try at this time of day, as many do, to overthrow the Church by means of this very Bible, and to put it above the Church, and to revile her for destroying it and corrupting it - what is this but to strike the mother that reared them; to curse the hand that fed them; to turn against their best friend and benefactor; and to repay with ingratitude and slander their very guide and protector who has led them to drink of the water out of the Saviour's fountains.”
― Henry Grey Graham, Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church

“The Archbishop of Cincinnati said that, in Rome itself during the Synod: "It is clear that the priest has lost his identity." What does that mean? The priest no longer knows what he is. So then, we want to form priests who know what they are, who know that they are made for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to carry the Gospel and proclaim the Gospel, that is to say, to proclaim the catechism which we all learned, which our parents learned, and our grandparents and our ancestors; that is, Faith in the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ and in His reign. (ordination sermon of June 29, 1977)”
― Marcel Lefebvre

“The essential core of prayer is the act of will, turning to God, seeking God, and uniting itself to God.”
― Eugene Boylan

“Vatican I, for example, affirms that the Church herself, by reason of her marvelous extension, her eminent holiness, and her inexhaustible fruitfulness in every good thing, as well as by her Catholic unity and invincible stability, is a great and perpetual motive of belief and an irrefutable witness to her own divine mission. In a word, the Catholic Church has been endowed with all the mark necessary to allow any man of good faith to adhere to her as the true Church.”
― Dominique Bourmaud, One Hundred Years of Modernism: A Genealogy of the Principles of the Second Vatican Council

“It is obvious that if many bishops had acted like Msgr. de Castro Mayer, Bishop of Campos in Brazil, the ideological revolution within the Church could have been limited, because we must not be afraid to affirm that the current Roman authorities, since John XXIII and Paul VI, have made themselves active collaborators of international Freemasonry and of world socialism. John Paul II is above all a communist-loving politician at the service of a world communism retaining a hint of religion. He openly attacks all of the anti-communist governments and does not bring, by his travels, any Catholic revival.

These conciliar Roman authorities cannot but oppose savagely and violently any reaffirmation of the traditional Magisterium. The errors of the Council and its reforms remain the official standard consecrated by the Profession of Faith of Cardinal Ratzinger in March 1989.”
― Marcel Lefebvre, Spiritual Journey

“I can hear them say: "You exaggerate! There are many good bishops who pray, who have the Faith, who are edifying . . ." They may have been saints, but as soon as they accept the false religious liberty, hence the secular State; false ecumenism, and hence the admission of many ways of salvation; liturgical reform, and hence the practical negation of the Sacrifice of the Mass; the catechism with all their errors and heresies - they are officially contributing to the revolution within the Church and to its destruction!

The current Pope and bishops no longer hand down Our Lord Jesus Christ, but rather a sentimental superficial, charismatic religiosity, through which, as a general rule, the true grace of the Holy Ghost no longer passes. This new religion is not the Catholic religion; it is sterile, incapable of sanctifying society and the family.”
― Marcel Lefebvre, Spiritual Journey

“How could such an anomalous, un-Christian practice be tolerated in the Church in the first place? It seems that leaders were not prepared to listen to the prophetic voices raised by conscientious people in the Church.”
― John Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church ; Unmasking a Cuckoo's Egg Tradition

“True loyalty to the Church implies loyalty to the truth. It requires willingness to question rather than readiness to conform. What may seem opposition and dissent at first, will eventually prove to be an active co-operation between the teaching authorities and the theologians towards the one aim of a better-formulated doctrine.”
― John Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church ; Unmasking a Cuckoo's Egg Tradition

“Though, with St. Paul, I fully subscribe to women being treated on equal terms as men in the Church, I am not a feminist. I am a man, and I cannot speak from my Christian experience as a woman, nor judge issues specifically from a womanly perspective as women theologians do. Neither did I enter the field with a feminist agenda, as I narrated in the first chapter. I am approaching the question of women's ordination as a theologian. And like other theologians — both men and women — I have come to the clear recognition that the reasons for barring women from ordination cannot be substantiated from Scripture or tradition. Sacred Scripture leaves the question wide open. In so-called Catholic "tradition", women were excluded from ministries because of social conditions and cultural prejudice. I will validate these claims in the next chapters. I am defending these conclusions as a man, as a professional theologian and as a Catholic.”
― John Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church ; Unmasking a Cuckoo's Egg Tradition