Sentence examples for catholic principles from inspiring English sources

The Cardinal did not feel he could comply with this order because it violated Catholic principles.

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence appropriately affirms Catholic principles on abortion for opposing such legislation.

Until 1646 the Pascal family held strictly Roman Catholic principles, though they often substituted l'honnêteté ("polite respectability") for inward religion.

Since 2010, nine groups from across the country have lost financing from the campaign because of conflicts with Catholic principles, according to the campaign's director, Ralph McCloud.

I understand the desire to uphold Catholic principles, and there is something honourable and commendable about people standing up for their belief and faith.

At St. Teresa of Avila School in South Ozone Park, Queens, Nalini Benn, a Hindu, teaches Catholic principles to Muslim, Hindu and Catholic kindergartners.

He claimed that his austere budget was motivated by the Catholic principle of subsidiarity, which holds that issues should be handled at the most local level possible, rather than Rand's anti-government views.

I support the Catholic principle of subsidiarity: power should be decentralised to the maximum degree; and that's what the soft form of independence on offer will help us to achieve.

Too much centralization of power in the papacy often contradicts the well-known Catholic principle of subsidiarity, that is, that one cannot take away the power of small units to meet particular needs and place it in the hand of a stronger and bigger power center.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 14 — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops approved principles Wednesday intended to guide Catholics in choosing whom to vote for but leaving the door open for them to back candidates who support abortion rights.

They were Catholics, but whatever principles the IRA claimed to have passed them by.