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1) Amen
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A German SS Lieutenant covertly collaborates with a young Italian priest in hopes of changing the Vatican's policies toward Germany during WWII, which both believe are exacerbating the Jewish Holocaust.
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The Martyrs of the Southwest / Rev. Paul J. Fork -- Early Catholic Explorers of the Southwest / Rev. Paul J. Fork -- The Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre Expedition of 1709 / trans. by Rev. Gabriel Tous -- Romon Expedition : Espinosa's Diary of 1716 / trans. by Rev. Gabriel Tous -- Fray Juan de Padilla / Rev. Paul J. Fork -- The Solis Diary of 1767 / trans. by Rev. Peter P. Forrestal -- Icazbalceta: education in Mexico City during the Sixteenth Century.
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Did you know that the origins of Groundhog Day stem from a Catholic tradition? Or that the common pretzel was once a Lenten reward for the pious? Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday is a fascinating guide to the roots of all-things-Catholic. This smart and concise guide will introduce readers to the hidden heritage in many commonplace things that make up contemporary life.
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When Graham Greene died in 1991, at the age of 86, his reputation as a "Catholic" writer was assured. His books reflected an awareness of sin and confronted political and religious themes with a somber eye. From 1936 to 1987, the British Catholic journal The Tablet provided Greene with a forum for his works-in-progress and sometimes unorthodox religious views. For the first time his Tablet contributions are collected in one volume; much of the material...
10) Freeing celibacy
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Mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests has been the norm for almost 900 years. Now the clergy sexual abuse scandal and the rapidly declining number of priests have pushed many of the faithful to the point of questioning this tradition. To this sometimes tense discussion of sex and power, priest and theologian Cozzens brings his signature calmness, his own gifted experience of celibate life, and his talent for distilling the spiritual truth of the...
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"Reflecting Thomas Merton's lifelong examination of the relationship between the monastic, contemplative life and the need for spiritual expression in the secular world, these essays explore the coming together of the active and the contemplative life and the relationship of persons to social organizations. Ranging from an account of the Greek monastic community on Mount Athos to a look at the spiritually destructive power of racism, Merton's writing...
16) Chant byzantin
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Interviewed by Ted Koppel on "Nightline," by Dan Rather on the "CBS Evening News," and quoted by Time and Newsweek, Richard P. McBrien has emerged as a leading spokesman for the reform movement within the Catholic church--a constituency that includes many of the fifty million Catholics in the United States. In this vital and wide-ranging collection spanning nearly thirty years of writing since Vatican II sparked changes in the Church, McBrien speaks...
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An academic inquiry into the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church ; calls attention to the injustices that women experience within the hierachic and patriarchal confines of the Roman Catholic Church. The main intent of this work is to examine the exclusion of women from the ministrerial priesthood in light of Schussler-Fiorenza and Ruether's process of conversion to a self-awareness that men and women are the Church.
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