Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden delivers lectures on the history of the papacy and also sheds light on the personalities of the popes and the flavor of their pontificates. At the same time, Madden demonstrates how the...
Popes
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Author:Madden, Thomas F.Summary: - Author:West, MorrisSummary:
A story about the problems of a newly elected Pope from the Ukraine who has spent many years as a prisoner of the Russians in Siberia. He knows, and has the grudging respect of, Russia's Premier. A subplot of a much more temporal nature...
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Author:Hardy, MelissaSummary:Mariuccia Umbellino is a young woman living in the remote mountain village of Montemonaco, Italy, in the early years of the 19th century. Nearby, the secret recesses of the Grotto of the Fates-home to an ancient oracle of Apollo-are...
- Author:Brick, Scott, Berry, SteveSummary:
In this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition of The Malta Exchange . This Writer's Cut edition features fascinating behind-the-scenes...
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Author:André K. BabySummary:Le Vatican, Les membres de la Curia, réunis d'urgence par le secrétaire d'État, sont sous le choc : au petit matin, en véritable coup de théâtre, des ravisseurs ont enlevé Sa Sainteté le pape Clément XXI de ses...
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Author:Antoine LacosteSummary:Léon Demers, 37 ans, un homme sans histoires, est hanté subitement par d'affreux cauchemars dans lesquels il est régulièrement confronté à ce qu'il appelle "le Bien contre le Mal". Cherchant désespérément à...
- Author:Noonan, PeggySummary:
During his nearly three decades of service, Pope John Paul II became the most recognized person in the world. He upheld many of the traditional values of the Catholic Church while also showing his progressive nature through his lifelong...
- Author:Tobin, GregSummary:
Who is the German-born Joseph Ratzinger? Tobin sheds light on every chapter of the new Pope's life, from his childhood to his seminary education and through the career that led him to the papacy. Tobin also provides an insider's look at...
- Author:Flint, Eric, Gannon, Charles E.Summary:
Book #24 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, 1636. It's spring in Burgundy. The flowers are out and so are the cardinals-of Pope Urban's renegade papacy, now on the run from the Vatican's...
- Author:Flint, Eric, Gannon, Charles E.Summary:
Rome in the year 1635 finds Frank Stone and his pregnant wife Giovanna in the clutches of Cardinal Borgia, whose political machinations and papal assassins may soon elevate him to Pope Borgia. Now Frank, along with Harry Lefferts and...
