Vatican City Quotes

How many divisions does the Pope have.

'The Fifth Gospel' is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I'm not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.

Do you remember Italy?

You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

Have you seen the Vatican wall? It's over 50-feet high. It's over 50-feet high. It's not even the kind of wall [Donald] Trump's talking about building.

An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.

[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.

We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living.

Out of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States.

Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots.

The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11 on the field.

When you go to the Sistine Chapel with Sophia Loren, it can be quite some time before your thoughts turn to the ceiling.

I'm not going for the sixteenth chapel.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

[Pope Francis] is a humble man. He lives the faith out in his own personal life. ... He's here to be a shepherd; he isn't here to be a scold. I think that's a good thing for the church and for the world, frankly.

Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith.

I admire the Pope. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can tour without an album.

For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

Pope Francis announced that next year he is coming to the United States, or as Fox News is reporting it, 'Obama lets in yet another guy from South America.'

The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.

The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.

Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

I went to the Vatican once - it was a bad idea. I went into the bookshop and I bought hideous, pious postcards and then I asked for a receipt, and the nun said, "We don't give receipts at the Vatican." Which threw me into a rage of like, "I guess not, so you can take this money and funnel it into anti-homosexual groups!" People had to drag me out of there. It's not good for me to go into the Vatican.