“The greatest need of the Church in our times is her own evangelization: to strengthen the faith of Christians, reinitiate in the faith those who are non-practicing and propose the faith to non-believers.”

— Antonio Dorado Soto

“We have fallen into a culture of religious indifference,” Spanish bishop says (11 September 2007), Catholic News Agency https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10352/we-have-fallen-into-a-culture-of-religious-indifference-spanish-bishop-says

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Spanish bishop 1931–2015

Skye Jethani

Source: The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009, Zondervan)

“Christ's divinity and lordship over one's life is the distinctive, essential faith of Christians: no non-Christian believes that (if he did, he would be a Christian), and all Christians believe it if they do not, they are not Christians.”

Peter Kreeft (1937) American philosopher

Source: Prayer for Beginners (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000), p. 55

“Faith is service to our fellows. You receive faith, you share faith. Aside from water and food that the government provides, what the Church can also give is strengthening of faith.”

Gilbert Garcera (1959) Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: Philippine prelate warns against volcano eruption 'fake news' https://www.ucanews.com/news/philippine-prelate-warns-against-volcano-eruption-fake-news/86998 (16 January 2020)

“We believe that persecution is part of our Christian vocation and Christian life. We are not afraid, but we live it as a blessing from God. We know that where there is persecution, faith is strengthened, and today I am proud to say that faith in my people is strengthening.”

John Barwa (1955) Roman Catholic archbishop

The Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in Orissa: " Persecution exists, but the faith of Christians is growing" http://www.fides.org/en/news/29045-ASIA_INDIA_The_Archbishop_of_Cuttack_Bhubaneswar_in_Orissa_Persecution_exists_but_the_faith_of_Christians_is_growing (19 May 2011)

“Those who translate Pistis by "Faith," are utterly wrong. The word "faith" as grace or something to be believed in through unreasoned or blind faith, is a word that dates only since Christianity.”

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky book The Key to Theosophy

Source: The Key to Theosophy (1889)

“Churches and monasteries everywhere should not be seen only as "cultural treasures" needing to be preserved materially, but also with due respect for the conditions that enable Christian communities to practice their faith freely in those centres.”

Luciano Suriani (1957) Vatican archbishop and diplomat

Source: At The Service Of Dialogue And Peace https://cordmagazine.com/interview/archbishop-luciano-suriani-apostolic-nuncio-serbia-service-dialogue-peace/ (20 November 2017)

“I want to examine that dangerous thing that’s common to Judaism and Christianity as well: the process of non-thinking called "faith."”

Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

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“The priority is not to expand the Church. The priority is not to be more, to have more baptisms or religious weddings. The priority is to build a world of brothers and sisters with those who share our faith or have a different faith, and with those who have no faith.”

Cristóbal López Romero (1952) cardinal

Card. López Romero: I doubted if I should become a priest, but one question changed me https://www.romereports.com/en/2019/10/12/card-lopez-romero-i-doubted-if-i-should-become-a-priest-but-one-question-changed-me/ (12 October 2019)

“Presumably those who profess and call themselves Christians believe their religion to be in some sense true; but in what sense? … The truth of the Christian faith is the truth of a faith, or a way of life which shows itself true … for those who live it.”

Donald M. MacKinnon (1913–1994) British philosopher

"Our Contemporary Christ," in Borderland Theology and Other Essays (1968), p. 82

“In our lives, Michelle and I have been strengthened by our Christian faith. But there have been times where my faith has been questioned – by people who don't know me – or they've said that I adhere to a different religion, as if that were somehow a bad thing.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

Source: 2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)

“The greatest need of the Church in our times is her own evangelization: to strengthen the faith of Christians, reinitiate in the faith those who are non-practicing and propose the faith to non-believers.”

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