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The Letters of Pope John Paul I
For 33 days in 1975 the infectious smile of John Paul I lit up the world.
In God’s Hands
The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II. Publication date: 23rd March 2017.
Jesuit Missionaries to North America: Spiritual Writings and Biographical Sketch
The story of the early Jesuit missionaries who arrived in North America between 1632 and 1637 is a remarkable by all accounts.
Joan of Arc
Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc.
John Henry Newman
Eminent Victorian, academic and thinker, Anglican clergyman and celebrated convert, caring pastor and writer, Catholic priest, and Cardinal - these are some of the signposts alo
John Henry Newman and the Path to Sainthood
John Henry Newman - a leading Anglican and founding figure of the Oxford Movement who converted to Rome - was beatified by the Pope in September 2010, becoming the first English
John Henry Newman: A Biography
This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer.
John Henry Newman: A Very Brief History
In another world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrin
John Henry Newman: A Very English Saint
As the sanctity of John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) finally receives formal recognition by the Church, there is ever more interest in this very English of priests.
John Henry Newman: His Life and Work
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) was one of the most eminent and controversial figures of the nineteenth century.
John Henry Newman: Snapdragon in the Wall
John Henry Newman was the greatest of all the Englsih churchmen of the last two hundered years.
John of the Cross
Together with Teresa of Avila, John de Yepez Alvarez was instrumental in the reform of the Carmelite order in 16th-century Spain.
King's Good Servant But God's First: The Life and Writings of St. Thomas More
St. Thomas More is widely recognized as the good-humored Renaissance humanist scholar who wrote Utopia and two decades later died a martyr's death in defense of papal primacy.
Lead Kindly Light: Essays for Fr Ian Ker
Seventeen distinguished scholars have contributed to this festschrift published in honour of Fr Ian Ker, the greatest living Newman scholar.
Louis and Zelie Martin: The Seed and Root of the Little Flower
The canonization of Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, means that, for the first time, a married couple are canonized together.
Maria Goretti: Teenage Martyr
In 1902 in an Italian village a young girl, Maria Goretti, was murdered during a sexual attack.
Mary of Nazareth: History, Archaeology, Legends
This is the first archaeological and historical biography of the most fascinating and revered woman in history, Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Christ.
Memoirs of Louis Bouyer
From Youth and Conversion to Vatican II, the Liturgical Reform, and After
My Uncle Fulton Sheen
Joan Sheen Cunningham was happily growing up with her family in Illinois when her uncle Bishop Fulton Sheen offered her the opportunity of a lifetime: to attend a private school
Newman the Oratorian
The second edition of Newman’s Oratory Papers (1846-78), being his Chapter addresses and other writings on the purpose and characteristics of Oratorian life.
Newman the Priest: A Father of Souls
Presenting aspects of the life of Cardinal Newman and letting him speak to us in his own words.