Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger: Israel is in the hands of God, who will save it "as a whole" at the proper time, when the number of Gentiles is full. The church must not concern herself with the conversion of the Jews, since she must wait for the time fixed for this by God.
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José H. Gomez: Still, there is no question that all of us in the Church need to keep working hard to support parents in their essential vocation of passing on our Catholic faith to the next generation.
By Msgr. Charles Pope/National Catholic Register: a vigorous Christian presence in any culture ought to seek to strongly influence customs, moral norms and social rituals.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio: The Church is feminine, because it is "church" and "bride" [both grammatically feminine]: it is feminine. And she is mother; she gives life. Bride and Mother.
JOHN CLARK: If we want to bring others to the Catholic Faith, we need to make sure that their image of Catholics is one of intellectual and moral seriousness and powerful charity.
u/RCIA_2019: Ah yes, the elusive "half catholic."
WIKIPEDIA: The salad's creation is generally attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States.
RITA ANTOINETTE RIZZO: We were poor, hungry, and barely surviving on odd jobs until Mother joined the dry cleaning business as an apprentice to a Jewish tailor in our area.
INGRID BERGMAN: I'm tall, Swedish, and Lutheran.
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini in her first on~screen role, alongside Her Mother Ingrid Bergman
JILL HAMMER: I do not want to give up the imageless worship of my tradition, its mandate of justice through the specifics of law, or its emphasis on Divine oneness. But neither do I want to abandon the lessons of Joseph (Father), Jesus (Feminine Savior), and Mary (Feminine Holy Ghost).
DEVIN WATKINS: Participating in the Eucharist, [Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa] said, is how we can "celebrate our own death, and offer it up, day by day, to the Father."
Latin: Memento Mori.
English Translation: Remember Death.
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Vatican Secretary for Relations with States: The diplomatic action of the Holy See is not content with observing events or evaluating their significance, nor can it remain only a sort of critical voice of conscience, often even outside the chorus.
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MARK GALLI: I'm not rejecting evangelicalism. I'm only taking Anglicanism deeper and thicker. One thing I like about both Orthodoxy and Catholicism is that you have to do these things, whether you like it or not, whether you're in the mood or not, sometimes whether you believe or not. You just have to plow ahead. I want that. I want to submit myself to something bigger than myself.
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KILLIAN J. HEALY: Prayer is a conversation with God.
CHRISTINE SCHENK: Our faith-filled foremothers proclaimed Jesus despite patriarchal pushback and it changed the face of the Roman Empire.
Gerard O'Connell: Francis spoke at length about the vital need for pastors to prepare their homilies well and told them to limit homilies to 10 minutes.
JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO: We need an ecology of the heart, comprising rest, contemplation and compassion. Let us learn to pause, to turn off the mobile phone, to contemplate nature, to regenerate ourselves in dialogue with God.
"From Jerusalem to Rome" (2017): Despite irreconcilable theological differences, we Jews view Catholics as our partners, close allies, friends and brothers in our mutual quest for a better world.
CAROL GLATZ: At the end of 2019, the worldwide Catholic population exceeded 1.34 billion
CAROL GLATZ: It marked an increase of 16 million Catholics — a 1.12% increase compared to 2018
JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO: The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.
FRANK MAZZAGLIA: In fact, by 2050, assuming the current population trends continue, the largest Catholic national populations in descending order could be Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States, the Congo, Uganda, Italy, Nigeria, and Argentina. This means the Catholic Church of the future is destined to become an overwhelmingly Southern world institution with the Vatican located 2,000 miles north. Equally, the future of Israel lies in the balance as the Southern influence in the Church gains momentum.
JEREMY SHARON: When also including those who are eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, meaning someone with a Jewish grandparent, the world total rises to 25.3 million people, of which 7.3 million are in Israel and 18 million live outside Israel.
CANDIDA MOSS: rather than huddling in back alleys and quietly hiding their identities, Jews in the Roman world were "willing to reshape their urban environments to assert their collective presence."
PHILIP KOSLOSKI: The man who occupies the Throne of Peter is in charge of roughly 1.2 billion Catholics around the world, and his chief role is to do what he can to lead the faithful closer in relationship with Jesus Christ.
