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Book Synopsis The Surprising Pope by : Maciej Zięba
Download or read book The Surprising Pope written by Maciej Zięba and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the wave of Pope John Paul II's recent extraordinary journeys to places such as Cuba and Israel comes this new, accessible survey of his teachings from one of his closest associates. Father Maciej Zieba, a Pole who came back to Catholicism after studies in physics and activist efforts with Solidarnosc, was ordained as a Dominican priest. Young, media-savvy, and down-to-earth as well as erudite and profound, Father Zieba has become known in Poland as an engaging interpreter of the Pope's teachings. Published here in English are eleven "conversations"--originally interviews conducted for a series of programs on Polish television--on the most important points of John Paul II's teachings. Journalist Adam Pawlowicz represents the reader in dialogue with Zieba, who not only clarifies these teachings but also confronts contemporary critiques. Tackling such complex issues as freedom, democracy, ecumenicalism, and sexuality with grace and equanimity, The Surprising Pope is a major contribution to our understanding of the papacy of John Paul II.
Download or read book The Pope and I written by Jerzy Kluger and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first blush, a pope and a Holocaust survivor might not seem to have much in common. But this remarkable volume finds common ground in what may appear to be unlikely territory. Karol Lolek Wojtyla, a young Pole, and Jerzy Jurek Kluger, another young Pole, formed a friendship in grade school in the Polish town of Wadowice. Then their paths went separate waysKluger survived the horrors of the Holocaust while Wojtyla would become the future John Paul IIbut despite their differences and the years apart, they remained friends. (Kluger caught up with the then Archbishop Wojtyla in Rome during Vatican II.) Given the friendship, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that John Paul II earned a reputation as a friend of Judaism: the first pope since Saint Peter to visit and pray with Jews in the Great Synagogue of Rome, the first to visit Auschwitz, and the first to make a personal pilgrimage as well as an official state visit to Israel. This often touching memoir should be of interest to Catholics and Jews and, really, anyone interested in a remarkable friendship.
Download or read book The Fifth Gospel written by Ian Caldwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Catholic priest must place his family at risk to solve the death of a Vatican curator" -- back cover.
Book Synopsis Light Of The World by : Peter Seewald
Download or read book Light Of The World written by Peter Seewald and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never has a Pope, in a book-length interview, dealt so directly with such wide-ranging and controversial issues as Pope Benedict XVI does in Light of the World. Taken from a recent week-long series of interviews with veteran journalist Peter Seewald, this book tackles head-on some of the greatest issues facing the world of our time. Seewald poses such forthright questions to Pope Benedict as: What caused the clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church? Was there a "cover up"? Have you considered resigning? Does affirming the goodness of the human body mean a plea for "better sex"? Can there be a genuine dialogue with Islam? Should the Church rethink Catholic teaching on priestly celibacy, women priests, contraception, and same-sex relationships? Holy Communion for divorced-and-remarried Catholics? Is there a schism in the Catholic Church? Should there be a Third Vatican Council? Is there any hope for Christian unity? Is Christianity the only truth? Can the Pope really speak for Jesus Christ? How can the Pope claim to be "infallible"? Is there a "dictatorship of relativism" today? Twice before these two men held wide-ranging discussions, which became the best-selling books Salt of the Earth and God and the World. Then, Seewald's discussion partner was Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's chief doctrinal office. Now, Joseph Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of the world's over one billion Catholics. Though Seewald now interviews the Pope himself, the journalist "pulls no punches", posing some of the thorniest questions any Pope has had to address. Believers and unbelievers will be fascinated to hear Benedict's thoughtful, straightforward and thought-provoking replies. This is no stern preachment or ponderous theological tract, but a lively, fast-paced, challenging, even entertaining exchange.
Book Synopsis The Story of Saint John Paul II by : Fabiola Garza
Download or read book The Story of Saint John Paul II written by Fabiola Garza and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed around the question Who do you love most?, this lavishly illustrated biography for children ages 69 tells the captivating story of Saint John Paul II. The story reveals how John Paul IIs answer to that very important question blossomed into heroic virtue, holiness, and service to the Church and the world. From an ordinary little boy growing up in Poland to the world leader of the Catholic Church, John Paul II serves as an inspiration for todays aspiring youth.
Book Synopsis Pope John Paul II: An Intimate Life by : Caroline Pigozzi
Download or read book Pope John Paul II: An Intimate Life written by Caroline Pigozzi and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This behind-the-scenes perspective offers a unique opportunity to experience Pope John Paul II's character and reign, as well as a look at the inner workings of the Vatican. French journalist Caroline Pigozzi discovered a man both awe-inspiring and surprisingly warm and generous. Passionately prayerful and unimpressed by pomp and celebrity, John Paul II was the most-traveled and perhaps the most popular of the popes to date: a people's pope. Pigozzi reveals the intimate details of his daily life, his sometimes surprising philosophies, his revolutionary desire for accessibility to ordinary people, and his relentless drive to unify the church. This book unveils, in a friendly and richly informative way, a close-up of the man whose "eyes radiated infinite goodness" and whose life touched so many.
Book Synopsis 101 Surprising Facts About St. Peter's and the Vatican by : Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
Download or read book 101 Surprising Facts About St. Peter's and the Vatican written by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby and published by Saint Benedict Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you really know about Vatican City? The Vatican, comprising the Apostolic Palace, St. Peter’s Basilica, and various other buildings, serves as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It has done so for nearly two millennium -- ever since the first Pope, St. Peter, made it his home. Thousands of Catholics flock to the Vatican and its iconic basilica each year. Even if you haven’t visited you’ve likely watched with bated breath for smoke to rise from behind the cupola during the election of a new pope, or have laid eyes on the new pontiff when he emerged from the balcony for the first time. But what do you really know about this great basilica and the city that houses it? Here, Father Jeffrey Kirby takes you on a whirlwind tour of this little country (yes, Vatican City is its own country, Fact # 2) and uncovers the secrets and surprising facts about the city, and its famous church.
Download or read book Pope Francis written by Paul Vallely and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first appearance on a Vatican balcony Pope Francis proved himself a Pope of Surprises. With a series of potent gestures, history's first Jesuit pope declared a mission to restore authenticity and integrity to a Catholic Church bedevilled by sex abuse and secrecy, intrigue and in-fighting, ambition and arrogance. He declared it should be 'a poor Church, for the poor'. But there is a hidden past to this modest man with the winning smile. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was previously a bitterly divisive figure. His decade as leader of Argentina's Jesuits left the religious order deeply split. And his behaviour during Argentina's Dirty War, when military death squads snatched innocent people from the streets, raised serious questions – on which this book casts new light. Yet something dramatic then happened to Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He underwent an extraordinary transformation. After a time of exile he re-emerged having turned from a conservative authoritarian into a humble friend of the poor – and became Bishop of the Slums, making enemies among Argentina's political classes in the process. For Pope Francis – Untying the Knots, Paul Vallely travelled to Argentina and Rome to meet Bergoglio's intimates over the last four decades. His book charts a remarkable journey. It reveals what changed the man who was to become Pope Francis – from a reactionary into the revolutionary who is unnerving Rome's clerical careerists with the extent of his behind-the-scenes changes. In this perceptive portrait Paul Vallely offers both new evidence and penetrating insights into the kind of pope Francis could become.
Book Synopsis Man of the Century by : Jonathan Kwitny
Download or read book Man of the Century written by Jonathan Kwitny and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishers Weekly Book of the Year Booklist Editor's Choice, 1997
Book Synopsis Who Is Pope Francis? by : Stephanie Spinner
Download or read book Who Is Pope Francis? written by Stephanie Spinner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the amazing journey of Pope Francis, whose warmth and humility have made him beloved around the world. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, from Argentina, is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Since being elected pope he has shown a humbler, less formal approach to his office than his predecessors: a warm style that has been referred to as "no frills." His common touch and accessibility, as well as his insistence that the church be more open and welcoming, has quickly endeared him not only to Roman Catholics but to millions of others around the world. This title in the New York Times best-selling series includes eighty illustrations that help bring Pope Francis's amazing story to life.
Book Synopsis The Secret of Benedict XVI by : Antonio Socci
Download or read book The Secret of Benedict XVI written by Antonio Socci and published by Angelico Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to many informed observers, the Church is in the midst of the most serious crisis it has ever undergone. More and more questions keep arising about what really happened in 2013 with the surprising “resignation” of Benedict XVI, his decision to remain on as “pope emeritus,” and thus the presence of two popes living side-by-side. Why had the papacy of Benedict XVI become a sign of contradiction? What was happening on the geopolitical level? Who supported a “revolution” within the Catholic Church? Did, in fact, Pope Benedict truly resign? These are the questions Antonio Socci tries to answer, in what can only be described as an exciting “thriller,” closely scrutinizing the facts, along with the actions and words of Benedict XVI over the past six years, and concluding that he remains pope, a fact that has as-yet-unexplored consequences. In this compelling and well-documented work, Socci investigates the mysterious mission to which Benedict XVI has felt called in service of the Church and the world. The author hypothesizes that supernatural events may lie at the root of Benedict’s choice. In this vein, the reader is directed to an ancient prophecy in need of deciphering in relation to Benedict XVI, as well as a new, unpublished account of words spoken by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, which concern not only the Church but the whole world.
Download or read book Conclave written by Robert Harris and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.
Book Synopsis The Mystery of the Making of the Popes by : Lorne D Glowicki
Download or read book The Mystery of the Making of the Popes written by Lorne D Glowicki and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CONSISTING OF RAW MATERIALS AND THE ACTUAL BUILDING BLOCKS THAT REVEAL "THE MYSTERY OF THE MAKING OF THE POPES." The book has undergone extensive development and this latest update may be considered as an "Unabridged Version" and "A Non-fiction Classic." It awaits additional editing and approval of related materials, prior to the official publication of a future edition. The following is a SYNOPSIS of The Mystery of The Making of The Popes that discloses how a former police officer solves his biggest case, not the case of an ordinary mystery, but of a spiritual mystery, and reveals the amazing role that an ordinary layman plays in the stunning elections of two extraordinary popes, John Paul I and Saint John Paul II. Popes come and go, but the Holy Spirit remains and is the constant key player in the sacred conclaves of the Roman Catholic Church. Seldom before has a chronicle ever encompassed the elusive role of the mystical Spirit as described in this book. The abiding presence of the third person of the Trinity is well demonstrated by revealing the details of this hitherto untold and mystifying story of the surprising elections of two pontiffs. How these popes rose to the throne of Saint Peter serves as a classic portrayal of the movement of the Holy Spirit, the unpredictable factor in every sacred conclave. This charismatic work reaches beyond religious denominations and shows how the Spirit uses the power of God's love to sustain a father's epic struggle to regain his lost son, and how such love miraculously transforms the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church. The story takes the reader on a Psychological Adventure and a Spiritual Journey in life from humble beginnings to heavenly heights -- from the center of North America to the center of Christendom and to the heart of the Vatican. A shroud of mystery and great secrecy surround the elections of the popes of the Catholic Church, but the veil is lifted in this true story that culminates in the startling elections of one pope, and then another. The book describes how God uses this former police officer to bring about a stunning and revolutionary change in the Roman Catholic Church's long-standing tradition of electing Italian popes. It shows how the Church was re-directed on a new path for the future. It is an inspiring testament to the power and influence of the Spirit working in a person's life to bring about an important historical change. But this outcome does not happen without sacrifice and strife. The heart-felt plight of this devoted father intensifies after a family breakdown. The tensions increase when the opinions of an agnostic child psychiatrist clash in a crucial debate over the startling allegation of unusual spiritual involvement in the birth of his son (whose birth eventually leads to the elections of the popes) and this allegation becomes a shattering bone of contention. The dangerous presumptions and smug conclusions of the pseudo-science of psychiatry are exposed, but not before severing and crucifying the bond of love between a father and a son. In the ensuing quest to regain his lost son, he encounters "spiritual warfare" and lays bare the inner workings of a prominent cult. Miraculously, the searing struggle forms the bridge to the Vatican and the surprising elections of "The Unknown Pope" John Paul I, and his saintly successor, the great Pope John Paul II. THE MYSTERY OF THE MAKING OF THE POPES is a unique book of spiritual intrigue and of wide interest -- not only to various denominational and priestly professions, but also to medical and legal experts -- and to anyone who has ever had, or would venture to have, a personal and meaningful experience of faithful and sacrificial love.
Download or read book The Hidden Pope written by Darcy O'Brien and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Hidden Pope, author Darcy O'Brien offers the account of the extraordinary relationship of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger - their boyhood in the small Polish town of Wadowice, their separation at the beginning of World War II, their individual experiences under Nazi and Soviet tyranny, and their reunion almost thirty years later that deepened their friendship and made a profound impact on the history of our time. Set in the perspective of monumental reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, this is a portrait of John Paul II that describes him as only his closest friends know him and as no pope has ever been portrayed before. Readers will come to know the Holy Father as a man and to understand his most controversial ideas as expressions of his dramatic experience of life.
Book Synopsis Behind Locked Doors by : F. Baumgartner
Download or read book Behind Locked Doors written by F. Baumgartner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter's Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant politicking that goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel in this important and timely book.
Book Synopsis The Ugly Renaissance by : Alexander Lee
Download or read book The Ugly Renaissance written by Alexander Lee and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and counterintuitive portrait of the sordid, hidden world behind the dazzling artwork of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and more Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an age of lofty ideals in which life imitated the fantastic artworks for which it has become famous. But behind the vast explosion of new art and culture lurked a seamy, vicious world of power politics, perversity, and corruption that has more in common with the present day than anyone dares to admit. In this lively and meticulously researched portrait, Renaissance scholar Alexander Lee illuminates the dark and titillating contradictions that were hidden beneath the surface of the period’s best-known artworks. Rife with tales of scheming bankers, greedy politicians, sex-crazed priests, bloody rivalries, vicious intolerance, rampant disease, and lives of extravagance and excess, this gripping exploration of the underbelly of Renaissance Italy shows that, far from being the product of high-minded ideals, the sublime monuments of the Renaissance were created by flawed and tormented artists who lived in an ever-expanding world of inequality, dark sexuality, bigotry, and hatred. The Ugly Renaissance is a delightfully debauched journey through the surprising contradictions of Italy’s past and shows that were it not for the profusion of depravity and degradation, history’s greatest masterpieces might never have come into being.
Download or read book Pope Francis written by Michael V. Uschan and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative biography describes the life and career of Pope Francis. The book details the Pope's humble beginnings, how he became a priest and bishop, and eventually Pope of the Catholic Church. It discusses his family and what he is doing to change the image of the Catholic Church.
