Catholicism category: 4667 books
by Giacinto Achili
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
It was in the month of July, 1842, that I was released, by order of Pope Gregory, from my first imprisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition. On this occasion, one of the Dominican monks who serve the office of Inquisitor, inquired of me, with a malicious look, whether I, also, intended, one day,...
by William Cobbett
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1988
Though written by a Protestant (between 1824 and 1827), this book has been repeatedly reprinted by Catholic publishers because of the tremendous light it sheds on English history from Henry VIII (1509) thru George III (1820), showing that England was better off before the Reformation than after. Unabashedly pro-Catholic and a real eye-opener! 432 pgs,
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Oracle of the Twelfth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Abbot; Confessor; Doctor of the Church (1091-1153). In all history no other man so dominated his times and influenced its people. He prophesied; cast out devils; worked miracles; destroyed heresy; single-handedly healed a schism; launched a crusade; advised popes; guided councils (6); ended a pogrom;...
The Other Side of the Altar
One Man's Life in the Catholic Priesthood
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
In all the coverage of the priestly sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, one story has been left untold: the story of the everyday lives of Catholic priests in America, which remain so little understood as to be a secret, even as one priestly sexual predation after another has come to light.
In...
Good Catholic Girls
How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The widely exposed transgressions of priests within the Catholic Church stunned the faithful and sent a new surge of energy through the progressive church reform movement in the United States. Despite the movement's growing profile, the world has only recently learned that Catholic women are the driving...
TIME Pope for a New World
Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
He is certainly a Pope for a New World. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was officially named Pope Francis and inaugurated on March 19, 2013. Every new Pope faces fresh crises and challenges. And in the 21st century, he does so at the head of a spiritual empire that touches more than 1.2 billion living...
In the Image of Christ
Essays on Being Catholic and Female
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2015
Here is the book that tells what it is like to be female and Catholic in the twenty-first century. In this collection of twenty-three short essays, Phyllis Zagano, a well-respected author and speaker on women in society and in the Church, gives a no-holds-barred description of the experience of Catholic...
The Francis Effect
A Radical Pope's Challenge to the American Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
The Francis Effect explores how a church once known as a towering force for social justice became known for a narrow agenda most closely aligned with one political party, and then looks at the opportunities for change in the “age of Francis.” Pope Francis has become an unlikely global star whose...
The Catholic William F. Buckley, Jr.
Portsmouth Review
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
William F. Buckley, Jr. was a prominent conservative American political commentator who was known for his rhetorical brilliance and frequent wit. In his eighty-two- plus years, he founded National Review, wrote fifty-five books, thousands of columns, hosted hundreds of Firing Line television shows,...
by Marcelle Bartolo-Abela
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2017
The Western Catholic Church is fast losing her centuries-old sense of the uncreated beauty of God, as manifested through the created beauty of sacred art, by buying into postmodern minimalism for the adornment of new churches. This loss is occurring despite the Church's longstanding tradition as Patroness...
Keep The Faith, Change The Church
The Battle By Catholics For The Soul Of Their Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
A Defining Moment in the Life of the Church
Even before the terrible revelations of sexual misconduct and the cover-up that allowed such atrocities to continue happening, the Catholic Church was in trouble. With a devout but aging congregation giving way to a generation of so-called lapsed...
Taught to Believe the Unbelievable
A New Vision of Hope for the Catholic Church and Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2004
Taught to Believe the Unbelievable tells the story of how Sister Jane Kelly contested Church leaders' efforts to shield the sexual and fiscal misconduct of its priests. Rather than collude in the cover-up, she went to the press, at great risk to her reputation and her relationship to the Church she...
National Catholic Reporter at Fifty
The Story of the Pioneering Paper and Its Editors
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
National Catholic Reporter at Fifty tells the story of the award-winning Catholic paper the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) in the lead-up to NCR’s 50th anniversary in October 2014. Founded during the Second Vatican Council, NCR has been a powerful progressive voice in the Catholic Church and has...
by James MacCaffrey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian church, representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. The Catholic Church is a communion of 23 sui juris particular churches. Among these are...