Catholic category: 4805 books
The Essential Pope Benedict XVI
His Central Writings and Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
On April 24, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, the twenty-first-century successor of the Apostle Peter and the spiritual leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics. Who is this complex man whose office grants him sole charge of the world's largest religion? How will...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 1998
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing...
Following Francis
The Franciscan Way for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Discover the story of a man who lived in the Italian town of Assisi nearly 800 years ago—and still offers inspiration to millions today.
In a small town in Italy, in the late twelfth century, a wealthy silk merchant and his wife welcomed a baby boy. Their son lived a life of wealth and worldly...
Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace
My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
A deeply personal introduction to the biblical theology and spirituality of Opus Dei by the bestselling Catholic author Scott Hahn.
To conspiracy theorists, Opus Dei is a highly secretive and powerful international organization. To its members, however, Opus Dei is a spiritual path, a way of...
Pope Francis
Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
An intimate and personal glimpse inside the mind of the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, through his own words...
“I believe in the kindness of others, and that I must love them without fear.”—Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio is the first Latin American pope,...
Full of Grace
An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2002
The death in May 2000 of John Cardinal O'Connor, archbishop of New York, was a vital loss to countless millions. A shining, openhearted crusader for traditional values in an increasingly bewildering culture, O'Connor was a pioneer for the new face of Catholicism, mapping out an unequivocal political...
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mother of the Civilization of Love
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary of conversion, the newly-appointed bishop-elect of Mexico wrote to tell the King of Spain that, unless...
Prayers and Devotions
365 Daily Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
This treasury of selected passages from the writings and addresses of perhaps the most impressive leader of the Catholic Church the world has ever known offers, as its editor suggests, "a harvest from the mind and heart of Pope Wojtyla." And so here is a chance for the modern reader, engaged...
To Change the Church
Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A New York Times columnist and one of America’s leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis’s efforts to change the church he governs in a book that is “must reading for every Christian who cares about the fate of the West and the future of global Christianity” (Rod Dreher, author...
Pilgrimage
My Search for the Real Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
A down-to-earth and deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith, based on interviews with the men and women who knew him simply as Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Early on the evening of March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and...
by Charles A. Coulombe
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
A concise account of one of the most epic developments in the modern Catholic church—the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI’s precedent-shattering announcement that he would renounce the Papacy—the first Pope to do so in 600 years—touched off a firestorm of speculation...
Wounded Prophet
A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Henri Nouwen, a Dutch Roman Catholic priest, was one of the most beloved and important spiritual writers of the twentieth century. Since his death in 1996, his stature has only increased; and his books, including The Inner Voice of Love, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodigal Son,have...
by St. Bonaventure, E. Gurney Salter, Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
*Includes Table of ContentsSt. Francis of Assisi is widely regarded as one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic Church due to his work establishing religious Orders that have done an incalculable amount of good and service for societies. Like St. Ignatius, St. Francis also got his start as a...
The Duty of Delight
The Diaries of Dorothy Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
For almost fifty years, through her tireless service to the poor and her courageous witness for peace, Dorothy Day offered an example of the gospel in action. Now the publication of her diaries, previously sealed for twenty-five years after her death, offers a uniquely intimate portrait of her struggles...