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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
For Pope Francis, the appreciation of our everyday lives is a spiritual undertaking. Joy is a divine attribute, and creating joy around us an essential part of faith. Every homily and speech in this book delivers, in warm, engaging language accessible to believers and nonbelievers alike, a key lesson, instructing readers on finding love and happiness in a chaotic world. Along the way, Pope Francis discusses the sanctity of women's rights, talks about...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xxxi, 237 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
The Mystic Heart chronicled Brother Wayne Teasdale's journey into a multifaceted spirituality blending his traditional Catholic training and the Eastern way of sannyasa (Indian monkhood). A Monk in the World tells what the journey has meant for him - living as a monk outside the monastery, integrating teachings from the world's religions with his own Catholic training, combining his vigorous spiritual practice with the necessities of making a living,...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xvii, 203 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Counsels readers on how to draw on the beliefs and example of Pope John Paul II in order to lovingly change the world, in a call to action that addresses such topics as embracing marginalized populations and resolving differences.
5) Woman of God
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church."--
Author
Publisher
Time Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Describes how Pope Francis is steering the Catholic Church to a politically moderate position, tackling such long-avoided topics as homosexuality, the role of women in the Church, the Vatican's finances, and sexual abuse scandals.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
413 pages : map ; 24 cm
Description
"'This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church'-- Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts anything could ever have had that power-- until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very document. Meanwhile, standing before a council of her people, Livia Pietro receives instructions:...
12) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
vii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
A practical, spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola shows readers how to manage relationships, money, work, prayer, and decision making, while keeping a sense of humor about life.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican The Pope's Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
15) A prayer journal
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiii, 96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xv, 555 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Description
"In the Closet of the Vatican is a book that reveals these secrets and penetrates this enigma. It derives from a system founded on a clerical culture of secrecy which starts in junior seminaries and continues right up to the Vatican itself. It is based on the double lives of priests and on extreme homophobia. The resulting schizophrenia in the Church is hard to fathom. But the more a prelate is homophobic, the more likely it is that he is himself...
Author
Publisher
TAN Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xlviii, 375 pages ; 23 cm
Description
In 2018, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano released an 11-page testimony that rocked the world. In it, he called out the corruption of the Church, especially with regards to its handling of the sexual abuse crisis--addressing most specifically the case of disgraced Cardinal Theodore McCarrick -- and stunningly called for the resignation of Pope Francis. And then he was gone ... at least physically. In these pages, longtime Vatican journalist Robert Moynihan,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xii, 404 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"During her lifelong service to the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of thousands whom nobody else was prepared to look after have been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little was known, however, about her own spiritual heights, or her struggles. This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before,...
Author
Publisher
Image
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xx, 364 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A collection of unpublished material from the remarkable woman of faith offers her wisdom on showing compassion in daily life and includes prayers and suggestions for putting these ideas into practice.
Mother Teresa's canonization is providentially taking place during Pope Francis's Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. This is entirely fitting, since she is seen by millions of people both inside and outside the Church as an icon of God's mercy to those...
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