Pope Quotes - Page 17

• Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence.

  Edward Gibbon

  Envy, Violence, Wealth

  Edward Gibbon (1855). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.191

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• You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you.

  Farah Diba

  Country, Catholic, Foreign Countries

  Interview with Bob Colacello, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 8, 2014.

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• Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation. Pretty crazy.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Crazy, White, Secret

  Twitter post from Oct 02, 2015

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• I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding.

  Jackie Evancho

  Queens

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• Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Italian, Dinner, John Paul Ii

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• George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Giving, Dinner, John Paul Ii

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• Stan Musial, who said, Why didn't they make me the first Polish pope? I was such a good Cardinal. Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Dinner, Firsts, Cardinals

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• A reporter meets interesting people. If he endures, he will get to know princes and presidents, popes and paupers, prostitutes and panderers. And always, in the back of his head, there will be a dozen men and women he will never meet. And always, he will feel the poorer for it.

  Jim Bishop

  Men, People, Interesting

  "Fish Out Of Water: Number 3 in series". Book by MaryJanice Davidson, p. 10, February 6, 2014.

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• Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to jump in the volcano. Pontiff, don't think of it as endorsing paganism, think of it as supersizing Ash Wednesday.

  Bill Maher

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Volcanoes

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• In one sense what may pass between the pope and myself may be trivialities. In another sense the fact of talking trivialities is itself a portent of great significance. But the pleasantries which we exchange may, as one church leader said, be pleasantries about profundities.

  Geoffrey Fisher

  Talking, Leader, Church

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• The pope is becoming a missionary, you will say. Yes, the pope is becoming a missionary, which means a witness, a shepherd, an apostle on the move.

  Pope Paul VI

  Moving, Mean, Shepherds

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• The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.

  Pope Paul VI

  Doubt, Serious, Obstacles

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• The new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is now Pope Francis the 1st. Francis was not his first choice for a name. But the Vatican wisely talked him out of Pope Boo Boo.

  Craig Ferguson

  Names, Choices, Firsts

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• Around the globe, millions more are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II .Could any other world leader have drawn so many people to one place?

  Chris Matthews

  Other Worlds, People, Mourning

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

  Chris Matthews

  Moving, Two, Titles

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I had the good fortune of living in Rome for seven years, from 1994 to 2001. So, I kind of saw firsthand the impact that Pope John Paul II had on people.

  Chris Matthews

  Impact, Rome, Years

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think, internally, we Catholics have known this for a long time. I think we're just thrilled and grateful that the rest of the world now is sharing in the esteem and gratitude that we've had for Pope John Paul II for 26 and a half years.

  Chris Matthews

  Gratitude, Grateful, Thinking

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pope John Paul II spoke with a lot of clarity and consistency. But he always spoke with immense compassion. He's the one who said the best way to love somebody is to tell them the truth. So, he did that well.

  Chris Matthews

  Compassion, Consistency, Way

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pope John Paul II himself was kind of a rather independent, creative man. I remember being told by somebody who worked very close with him in preparation for his first visit to the United States in 1979, he studied our normative documents, Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, the Constitution. And he was amazed. He called his priests first
  thing in the morning and he said, he said, I thought America was a pagan country.

  Chris Matthews

  Country, Morning, Independent

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Pope John Paul II was fascinated by the United States. And I think he was initially surprised at the vigor of the Catholic Church in the United States. Maybe some of the press that we had gotten he found wasn't true. No, I think he suspected the church in the United States. Did he challenge us to some things? Sure, he did. But, no, I always - I think there was a good alliance. There was a good gel there.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Challenges, Catholic

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

  Chris Matthews

  Spiritual, Voice, Leader

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.

  Chris Matthews

  People, Earth, John Paul Ii

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Those who saw Pope John Paul II either in person or through the mass media glimpsed a man who millions of Catholics believe may be one of the greatest popes in the history of the church.

  Chris Matthews

  Believe, Men, Media

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John Paul II had the distinction of naming 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors combined.

  Chris Matthews

  Years, Lasts, Saint

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The last person to be beatified by Pope John Paul II was Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003.

  Chris Matthews

  Mother, Lasts, John Paul Ii

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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