The Angel Wore Red (1960)

Finlay Currie: Bishop

Quotes 

• Bishop : Good day, Arturo. I do not see how we can keep our eyes closed to the situation any longer, Father. There comes a time when we must take a stand. Read this. Read it out loud. I want to hear how it sounds.

  Arturo Carrera : "Entrance to this House of God is forbidden to immodestly dressed women who's frocks do not cover their elbows and their knees."

• Bishop : For every failure, there is a martyred priest whose blood is the very seed of the Church.

  Arturo Carrera : How do I know they were martyrs?

  Bishop : Arturo, please.

  Arturo Carrera : Why weren't they simply just fools?

  Bishop : I have been very patient with you, Father.

  Arturo Carrera : How do I know they didn't die for a myth? Or, for a ghost?