1920s New York gangster escapes to Mexico, dressed as a priest and is drawn into a revolution, people thinking he is a real priest. Known as Padre Pistolero, the Irish-American Tommy Coyne becomes a guerrilla leader, defending the...
Jesuits
- Author:Montecino, MarcelSummary:
- Author:Biagi, SusanSummary:
Set in 17th-century Mi'kma'ki, territory of the Mi'kmaq of Maritime Canada, Cibou is the story of a young Mi'mag woman and her relationship with Jesuit missionary Antoine Daniel -- a historical figure who was stationed in Cape Breton...
- Author:Watkins, Daniel J.Summary:
The French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieuwas an ambitious attempt to connect the ideas of the Enlightenment with the theology of the Catholic Church. A paraphrase of the Bible written in vernacular French...