The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision..

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation..

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed….

Love can tame the wildest..

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Pro….

I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota ….

You don't take a picture, you make a picture..

I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family..

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man..

I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt..

The days passed, as they do, and life went on..

Donald Trump is the head of a global power..

I'm really not that confident!.

[Pope Francis] has reminded us that the way we live our lives is the most important expression of our Catholic identity..

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ..

Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world..

I don't like things that aren't true..

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us..

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people..

Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God i….

God does not ask for 'religious' art or 'Catholic' art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth.