Holy Father

Holy Father may refer to:

  • God the Father, the title given to the god of many monotheistic religions
  • An honorific often used instead of, or prefixed to, the name of the Catholic Pope

Famous quotes containing the words holy father, holy and/or father:

    “Hey, cut the crap! The Pope, the Holy Father himself, has this very day blessed Michael Corleone. You think you know better than the Pope?”
    —Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Dominic (Don Novello)

    “How holy people look when they are sea-sick!”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “For if my father was the head of our house, my mother was its heart.”
    —Philip Dunne (1908–1992)