These 228 letters by Saint Ignatius create an illuminating self-portrait. ...

The journal kept by Merton during 1964 and 1965, containing his daily meditations during the crucial and difficult period in which the permission he had awaited so long -- to live alone in his hermitage -- was finally given. These pages reveal his reflections as a hermit on the joys and dangers of a life of solitude in the woods.<BR> ...

Countless biographies have been written about Pope John Paul II. Now, a well-known Vatical insider reveals new details about Karol Wojtyla's youth, from his birth to this election to the papal throne. ...

The author discusses the attitude of the Catholic church towards science, telling the story using various documents. Selected contents: the supposed Papal prohibition of dissection; the story of anatomy down to the Renaissance; the golden age of anatomy--Vesalius; the supposed Papal prohibition of chemistry; a Papal patron of education and science; the church and surgery during the Middle Ages; the Popes and medical education and the Papal ...

This is a historical, not controversial, work. It contains a full translation of the official Bulls, Encyclic Letters and Decrees issued against the Craft by Popes and Bishops, as well as the official records of the sufferings imposed upon Freemasons under the Inquisition. It throws interesting sidelights onto the history of Freemasonry in the United Kingdom and Europe, and gives particulars of secret societies into which only Catholics were ...

A historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan Missions, with 142 illustrations from photographs. This work is the culmination of nearly twenty-five years of the author making pilgrimages to the Old Missions. He venerated them and with his own camera delved into every nook and cranny. Thousands of photographs and mental images were the result of these journeys. In this volume, he shares some of them for others to enjoy. ...

The Catholic Church in America has been rocked by a growing number of accusations that priests have sexually abused children in their care. In this timely anthology, authors debate the extent of the problem and its potential remedies. ...

From St. Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII, 590-1303. A contribution to the Story of the Nations, it aims at brevity, clarity and accuracy in outline, but does not pretend to do more than open up a broad subject and present a sketch-map or general introduction to the works of Baronius, Muratori and other classic historians. The author is concerned with the facts of history and not with inferences and deductions from them. He presents this volume ...

This publication contains historic photographs, sketches and documents portraying the life and works of Pope Pius XII. It captures his role as spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, celebrates his accomplishments and eloquently describes the salient periods of his life. ...

A standard work on the Vatican, the great center of ancient and modern culture. A collection of illustrations, photographs and treatises by authors who were chosen for their particular expertise to do justice to the subject treated. Arranged into four parts entitled: history and general description of the Vatican palaces and gardens; state apartments and chapels; Vatican museums and collections and the mosaic factory; Vatican administration. ...