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Habits of Sin
An Expose of Nuns Who Sexually Abuse Children and Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2000
In recent years, revelations of childhood sexual abuse by Catholic priests have broken out from behind a well-guarded wall of secrecy. Despite the publicity of hundreds of such cases, one area of healing and investigation remains: that of women religious who also are guilty of sexually abusing children...
by Thomas à Kempis
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
A contemporary selection of Catholic classics, curated for the modern reader by Our Sunday Visitor in the spirit of our founder, Archbishop John Francis Noll.
by Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
In this unique handbook of Christian literature, the founder of the Jesuits offers a way of "raising the mind and heart to God." Saint Ignatius of Loyola avoids setting a formula for prayer, providing readers with an extensive variety of meditative themes. Although originally intended for those making...
by St. Albert the Great
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
On Cleaving to God is an enduring Christina Classic. Albertus Magnus better known as St. Albert the Great wrote it almost 800 years ago. In it he describes the love of god that wil help the faithful cleave to him. As pertinent today as when it was first written.
Christ in Our Midst
Wisdom from Caryll Houselander
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
How do I find Christ in the people around me?
This compilation contains famous writings of twentieth century English mystic and laywoman Caryll Houselander who shows us how we can see Christ in ourselves and everyone we encounter in our midst.
Storia di un'anima
Autobiografia
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin, meglio conosciuta con i nomi di Teresa di Lisieux, Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù o semplicemente Santa Teresa, fu una religiosa carmelitana e dottore della Chiesa, nata in Francia ad Alençon il 2 gennaio 1873 e morta a Lisieux il 30 Settembre 1897.
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Un esorcista racconta
Presentazione di P. Candido Amantini
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Come ci si difende dal demonio? Quali sono i segni della presenza diabolica? Esistono veramente le fatture, i malefici, il malocchio? Il volume è frutto di un'esperienza diretta e ricco di esempi; risponde a queste e ad altre domande attraverso un'ordinata esposizione della materia. La pratica dell'esorcismo,...
by Papa Francesco
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 22, 2016
L'Esortazione Apostolica di di Papa Francesco "Amoris Laetitia". Una grande lettura di un grande Pontefice che sta cambiando il volto della Chiesa.
by Teresa di Lisieux
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 23, 2018
«È veramente la mia anima quanto rileggo in questo quaderno!… Madre mia, queste pagine faranno molto bene. Faranno conoscere la dolcezza del buon Dio…» Così Teresa parlava di «Storia di un'anima» due mesi prima della sua morte al Carmelo, a ventiquattro anni. Quelle pagine ora possiamo leggerle...
Gaudete et Exsultate (Rallegratevi ed esultate)
con una guida alla lettura di Antonio Spadaro
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 16, 2018
A cinque anni dall'elezione, papa Francesco ci consegna la sua terza Esortazione apostolica. Un testo che non vuole essere un trattato, ma il cui «umile obiettivo» è quello di «far risuonare ancora una volta la chiamata alla santità, cercando di incarnarla nel contesto attuale, con i suoi rischi,...
Eucharistic Miracles
And Eucharistic Phenomenon in the Lives of the Saints
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1991
On many occasions throughout the history of the Catholic Church, God has provided visible proof of the invisible reality of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. In her book, Eucharistic Miracles, Joan Carroll Cruz documents 36 such miracles which occurred from 800 AD to the present...
The Incorruptibles
A Study of Incorruption in the Bodies of Various Saints and Beati
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1991
Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, TheIncorruptibles remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of saints that did not undergo decomposition after death. Many remained fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification,...
In God's Hands
The Spiritual Diaries of Pope John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Available for the first time in English, the private reflections of the modern pope recently elevated to sainthood—deeply personal writings that reveal a spiritual leader who agonized over his service to God, continually questioning whether he was doing enough.
As the head of the Roman Catholic...
by Thomas McDermott, OP
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The first systematic introduction to Catherine of Sienas mystical thought in English.