I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.
I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious.
I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.
If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
A fig for those by law protected! Liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest!
The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.
The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my memory.
I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church.
The heart of the gospel is that you don't know Jesus without the witness of the church. It's always mediated.
I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.
When you find the church you're supposed to be in, you will recognize the pastor’s voice as an important spiritual authority in your life.
I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.
If the rock band U2 had been born in Orange County, California, would they have become just another church worship band?
I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.
My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.
As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears His name. He stands at its head and directs it through His chosen prophets.
There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus
