Charles A Coulombe: 2 books
The Pope's Legion
The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
With Arthurian grandeur the Papal Zouaves marched into Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, summoned by the Pope under siege as the Wars of the Risorgimento raged. Motivated by wanderlust, a sense of duty and the call of faith, some 20,000 Catholic men from around the world rallied to Vatican City...
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...