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1) Conclave
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today's Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet—where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men.
The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They...
The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Language
English
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Description
"Thomas Merton was a Christian mystic of the 20th century. Choosing to Love the World presents a collection of thoughts and meditations culled from his books and letters, encouraging readers to be compassionate, fully alive human beings. Merton teaches that contemplation provides the fundamental context for seeking God's presence. Selected and edited by Jonathan Montaldo of the Merton Institute for Contemplative Living." -from product description....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Pope Benedict's final days and Francis' battle to set the church on a new path. Pope Benedict made history when he announced his resignation, becoming the first Pope to step down voluntarily in six hundred years. In his wake he left a bitterly divided Vatican mired in scandals. But is Benedict's successor, Pope Francis, taming the forces that helped destroy Benedict's papacy? Is he succeeding in lifting the Church out of crisis? Nearly a year in the...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In a bold and moving book that is sure to spark heated debate, the novelist and cultural critic James Carroll maps the profoundly troubling two-thousand-year course of the Church's battle against Judaism and faces the crisis of faith it has provoked in his own life as a Catholic. More than a chronicle of religion, this dark history is the central tragedy of Western civilization, its fault lines reaching deep into our culture. The Church's failure...
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