This book offers a summary of the life of the 262nd Successor of Saint Peter, His Holiness Pope Pius XII. It helps us understand why his contemporaries were convinced that the wartime pontiff was a man of faith and of charity.
Shusaku Endo is considered one of Japan's greatest modern writers. His novel Silence is acknowledged as a masterpiece and has been translated into many languages. The Final Martyrs, published in English just before his death in 1996, reinforced his reputation as a major literary figure. Endo was born in 1923 and converted to Christianity as a boy. His stories and novels attempt to integrate his religious faith with Japanese culture.Endorsements"This is the whole life of Jesus. It stands out clea...
Shusaku Endo is considered one of Japan's greatest modern writers. His novel Silence is acknowledged as a masterpiece and has been translated into many languages. The Final Martyrs, published in English just before his death in 1996, reinforced his reputation as a major literary figure. Endo was born in 1923 and converted to Christianity as a boy. His stories and novels attempt to integrate his religious faith with Japanese culture.Endorsements"This is the whole life of Jesus. It stands out clea...
Presents the life of Edith Stein while going behind the well known labels-Jewess, philosopher, Carmelite nun, martyr of Auschwitz-to reveal the inner struggles of a truly inspirational person. Draws on her writings on prayer, some of which are not yet available in English.
The story of Bartolome de Las Casas, a Dominican priest and missionary who fought relentlessly for justice for the Native Americans and even for their status as human beings, who was fearless in standing up to the political and ecclesiastical powers of his time. Interwoven is the story of his own two conversion experiences.
Explores the life and times of St. Patrick, including why and how a myth grew up surrounding him and its influence on the development of Irish Catholicism.
Presents the life of Edith Stein while going behind the well known labels Jewess, philosopher, Carmelite nun, martyr of Auschwitz to reveal the inner struggles of a truly inspirational person. Draws on her writings on prayer, some of which are not yet available in English.
The story of Bartolome de Las Casas, a Dominican priest and missionary who fought relentlessly for justice for the Native Americans and even for their status as human beings, who was fearless in standing up to the political and ecclesiastical powers of his time. Interwoven is the story of his own two conversion experiences.
Introduces sixty men and women whose great devotion and mystical relation to God transformed the times in which they lived and continues to affect our search for spirituality today.
This is the first full length comprehensive biography of Isaac Hecker mystic, priest, journalist, and missionary and the most important person in 19th-century US Catholicism.
Meet the queens, saints, and warriors whose courage, insights and influence have enriched the legacy of Islamic history, from the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad to Muslim women of today.
A biography of the founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, this book shows Sophie Barat (1779-1865) as a religious leader, an educator and an individual of major importance in the France of her times.
