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St. Francis De Sales
A Biography of the Gentle Saint
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
St. Francis de Sales is famous in the Catholic world for his personality, as well as for his writings and other accomplishments. When he was being considered for beatification, 5,000 witnesses testified to his heroic virtues and miracles. The Calvinist minister of Geneva said of St. Francis de Sales:...
Guidance to Heaven
On the Catholic View of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
This is the best book we have ever seen to show the shortness and uncertainty of life and why we should live in anticipation of and preparation for death. Says we should not live being afraid to die because we are not prepared; but realizing that death is one's grand entrance into true life; if one...
Thomas and the Thomists
The Achievement of Thomas Aquinas and his Interpreters
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274) is one of the most important thinkers in the history of western civilization. A philosopher and theologian, a priest and preacher, Aquinas bequeathed to the world an enduring synthesis of philosophy, theology, and Christian spirituality. Aquinas championed the integration...
The Lion of Munster
The Bishop Who Roared Against the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
“The dear God placed me in a position in which I had a duty to call black 'black' and white 'white'.” These words were spoken by Cardinal Clemens August von Galen, the bishop of the diocese of Münster in Germany from 1933 to 1946. In so doing, he risked death at the hands of the Nazis, one Gestapo...
The Unholy Trinity
Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
It's now or never for conservative values.
This highly anticipated debut from Matt Walsh of The Blaze demands that conservative voters make a last stand and fight for the moral center of America. The Trump presidency and Republican Congress provides an urgent opportunity to stop the Left's...
by St. Gregory the Great, 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.This classic book tells the story of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve...
Charity for the Suffering Souls
An Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994
Profound, provocative, complete treatment of Purgatory—its sufferings, consolations, duration, etc., plus, how we can assist the poor souls, their gratitude, and God's reward to us for helping them. A very moving book. Impr. 331 pgs,
Relativism and Religion
Why Democratic Societies Do Not Need Moral Absolutes
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging directly with this claim, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti traces the roots of contemporary anti-relativist fears to the antimodern...
Lessons in Hope
My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer describes what he learned from chronicling the life of Pope John Paul II
In Lessons in Hope, George Weigel tells the story of his unique friendship with St. John Paul II. As Weigel learns the pope "from inside," he...
The Vatican's Women
Female Influence at the Holy See
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2002
Four hundred of the 3,800 people who permanently live or work in the State of Vatican City, the smallest sovereign and independent state on the globe, are women. They are nuns and members of the laity; some are housekeepers of churchmen; others are secretaries, translators, editors, lawyers, and middle-level...
by Ted Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
In April 2014, Pope Francis will canonise two of his most influential predecessors, John Paul II and John XXIII. It is seen as a move towards uniting reformers and conservatives within the Catholic Church and – alongside Francis’s own radical reforms – marks the continuing move towards new hope...
by John Paul Wohlscheid
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In a culture that views good as evil and evil as good, and where it often takes courage to live according to God’s ways, we need the saints. If the demands of life leave you little time to read, but you want to learn from the lives of holy men and women, this book is for you.
Since the foundation...
by David Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A retrospective of the life Benedict XVI, placing his papacy in historical context and showing what he meant to the Catholic Church--and the world--in his time, and what he means for the future
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Benedict XVI’s writing as priest-professor, bishop, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and now pope has shaped Catholic theological thought in the twentieth century. In Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI, a multidisciplinary group of scholars treat the full scope of...