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When I was a young priest in the 1960s and 1970s, there was much experimentation and confusion in the Church. Teachers and clergy were encouraged to communicate an experience of God's love, but to do it without reference to the Creed, the sacraments, or the tradition.

— Donald Wuerl

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

— Sting

I was raised in a Catholic family, spent twelve years in parochial schools, and had extremely fond memories of my interactions with Catholic clergy.

— Jennifer Haigh

I was raised Catholic.

— Taylor Momsen

I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.

— Jimmy Cliff

I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.

— Mary Ann Mobley

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

— Hugo Chavez

I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.

— Francine Rivers

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.

— John Woolman

✗Opposing Perspectives

The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small matter of dogma and none of us seemed more religious than anyone else, no one ever questioned the rituals or the basic tenets of belief.

— Colm Toibin

Hey, I was raised in the church. I was an altar boy and a choir member. I almost became a priest - until common sense grabbed hold of me.

— Cheech Marin