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Old Thunder
A Life of Hilaire Belloc
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. At turns reviled or revered, depending on the audience, he was a razor sharp social commenter and a master of both poetry and prose, who continues to captivate readers. In Old Thunder, Joseph Pearce examines Belloc’s enduring...
The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio
The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
A true, never-before-told story—discovered in a secret Vatican archive—of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent.
In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant’Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant...
Last Testament
In His Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Pope Benedict XVI, the only modern-day Pope to retire whilst in office, now finally breaks his silence.
Since retiring from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted himself to a...
Miraculous Images of Our Lord
Famous Catholic Statues, Portraits and Crucifixes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1995
42 true accounts about miraculous manifestations of Our Lord from various parts of the globe, richly illustrated with over 135 actual photos. Miraculous statues, crucifixes and other holy images. Includes The Holy Shroud, Veil of Veronica, Infant Jesus of Prague, San Damiano Crucifix from which Our...
St. Peter's Bones
How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
In this fascinating account of the search for the remains of the world's first pope, none other than Peter, the chief apostle of Jesus, Thomas J. Craughwell takes us on one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the twentieth century.
In 1448 a team of architects and engineers brought Pope Nicholas...
by Vinita Hampton Wright, Ms. Margaret Silf, Ginny Kubitz Moyer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Women everywhere are invited into a moment of inspiration and reflection with The Daily Inspiration for Women. Relevant and fresh, this book is a collection of shared wisdom among four women in various stages in life, providing the reader with an abundance of experience, knowledge, perspective, and...
by TJ Burdick
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
This compilation is a poetic manifesto of what God does to a soul who chooses to give it all. Called to serve the abandoned and abused youth of Saltillo, Mexico, my wife and I were lucky enough to work alongside present-day saints whose reflection of God's light shone on us. To this day, their...
by Sor Juana Inés De la Cruz
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2015
La Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz fue escrita por Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz en marzo de 1691, como contestación a todas las recriminaciones que le hizo el obispo de Puebla, Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, bajo el seudónimo de Sor Filotea de la Cruz. No fue publicada...
Quarterly Essay 51 The Prince
Faith, Abuse and George Pell
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
The leading Catholic in the nation and spiritual adviser to Tony Abbott, Cardinal George Pell has played a key role in the greatest challenge to face his church for centuries: the scandal of child sex abuse by priests.
In The Prince, David Marr investigates the man and his career: how did he...
Across God's Frontiers
Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover,...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The moment the identity of the newly elected 266th pontiff was revealed, it was clear to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, and to the watching world, that this pope was different in fascinating and exciting ways — the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit, and the first to take...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Life of St. Alphonsus de Liguori is a lengthy biography of the famous saint. A table of contents is included.
St. Thomas Aquinas
The Story of the Dumb Ox
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1995
The "Angelic Doctor" and "Universal Doctor," his intellect and learning were phenomenal, yet he was humble and charming. Knew the Bible by heart, remembered all he had read, could dictate to 3 secretaries at once. All the charming stories about him. Great!