Cilla Black Quotes

I was raised - and still consider myself to be - Catholic, though I'm non-practicing and haven't fulfilled my Easter duty since sometime during the Nixon years. I'm assailed by all kinds of stimulating doubts, but I do believe in God.

I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.

In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.

Young people all over the world are very frustrated. They are very disillusioned. Many of them are turning their backs on religion. They are walking away from the faith of their parents, and most of this is because religion has failed them.

You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway.

Catholic, which I was until I reached the age of reason

For years, I just did not like this idea of God, church.

I was raised Catholic and I went to church until I was 16. I went through a phase when I was 15 of being quite fanatically Catholic. I was going to church a lot, receiving communion, saying the Rosary, praying, all that stuff. But when I started scrutinizing it, it just fell apart so quickly.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.

My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

I believed in God my whole life, and then strayed away from it in my teen-age years, until recently.

I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.

I wouldn't call myself religious. I'm spiritual. Everybody's a bit more so as you get older. I'm a cultural Catholic; it's inescapable, but I think I have to believe.

All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.

I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.

I may be a good Catholic, a bad Catholic or a so-so Catholic, but that's who I am.

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.