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The End and the Beginning
Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
“As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic palace in Rome, the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, then drawing to a poignant end, was already being described as one of the most consequential in two millennia of Christian history.”
With these...
The Pontiff in Winter
Triumph and Conflict in the Reign of John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Over more than a quarter of a century, John Paul II has firmly set his stamp on the billion-member strong Catholic Church for future generations and he has become one of the most influential political figures in the world. His key role in the downfall of communism in Europe, as well as his apologies...
Hitler's Pope
The Secret History of Pius XII
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
The “explosive” (The New York Times) bestseller—now with a new introduction by the author
When Hitler’s Pope, the shocking story of Pope Pius XII that “redefined the history of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post ) was originally published, it sparked a firestorm of controversy...
All the Way to Heaven
The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
“The publication of the letters of Dorothy Day is a significant event in the history of Christian spirituality.” —Jim Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints
Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement, has been called the most significant, interesting, and influential person...
The Faith of Our Fathers
A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1980
Explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and why we hold them. Delves into the historical background of virtually everything people find hard to understand about our Religion, such as priestly celibacy, sacred images, the Church and the Bible, the primacy of Peter, Communion under one kind,...
Shattered Faith
A Woman's Struggle to Stop the Catholic Church from Annuling Her Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
In 1993, Sheila Rauch Kennedy received a letter from the Boston Catholic Archdiocese announcing that her former husband, Congressman Joseph Kennedy, was seeking an annulment of their marriage. If the Church granted the annulment, the marriage, which had lasted twelve years, would be rendered nonexistent...
Pope to the Poor
The Life and Times of Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio)
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
On March 13, 2013, at 7:06 pm (Central European Time), white smoke was spotted rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where the conclave was being held. It could only mean one thing -- a new pope had been chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Although many did not know the name of Jorge Mario...
Vows
The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
The 1950s was a boom time for the Catholic Church in America, with large families of devout members providing at least one son or daughter for a life of religious service. Boston was at the epicenter of this explosion, and Bill Manseau and Mary Doherty -- two eager young parishioners from different...
Mind, Heart, and Soul
Intellectuals and the Path to Rome
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
In a series of fascinating interviews, a cradle Catholic (Robert P. George) and an adult convert (R. J. Snell), offer the stories of sixteen converts, each a public intellectual or leading voice in their respective fields, and each making a significant contribution to the life of the Church.
Mind,...
Walking with Mary
A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Mary appears only a few times in the Bible, but those few passages come at crucial moments. Catholics believe that Mary is the ever-virgin Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth. But she also was a human being--a woman who made a journey of faith through various trials and uncertainties and...
American Cardinal Reader
Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
These great and highly-praised American Catholic Readers, originally published by Benziger Bros. in the 1930s, were the mainstay and backbone of the Catholic parochial schools during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. They still form part of the core curriculum for homeschoolers and private schools lucky enough to have old copies of these books.
The Habit
A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Curiosity about nuns and their distinctive clothing is almost as old as Catholicism itself. The habit intrigues the religious and the nonreligious alike, from medieval maidens to contemporary schoolboys, to feminists and other social critics. The first book to explore the symbolism of this attire,...
by Chiniquy, Charles
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
THERE are two women who ought to be constant objects of the compassion of the disciples of Christ, and for whom daily prayers ought to be offered at the mercy-seat—the Brahmin woman, who, deceived by her priests, burns herself on the corpse of her husband to appease the wrath of her wooden gods;...
by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Wyatt North
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation. He was canonized...