How to Remember the Twentieth-Century Popes
For most people, even Catholics, it's hard to keep track of which pope was which. Since there have been 265 popes and quite a few anti-popes, whose elections were unofficial or under dispute, it's next to impossible to remember the names and ... [... more]
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The Genius of John Paul II: The Great Pope's Moral Wisdom
 Why John Paul II was such a great Pope: I am still fairly new to the world of both philosophy and moral theology and this book goes deep into both subjects. The Genius of John Paul II is not written as a scholarly tome that requires advanced degrees to [... more]
$22.95
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Ingrid Rowland
From the revelations of classical statuary pulled from the Roman soil as the popes began rebuilding the city in the fifteenth century, to the myth of serenity that Venice constructed to conceal its physical and political fragility, to bloody yet ... [... more]
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Book : Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling - Art History
Book : Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling Guest Author - Diana Blake - Book : Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling - Art History is a personally written site at BellaOnline [... more]
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John L. Allen, Jr.
JOHN L. ALLEN is the Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and a Vatican analyst for CNN and National Public Radio. He is the author of The Rise of Benedict XVI and All the Pope's Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really ... [... more]
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Ingrid D. Rowland
From the revelations of classical statuary pulled from the Roman soil as the popes began rebuilding the city in the fifteenth century, to the myth of serenity that Venice constructed to conceal its physical and political fragility, to bloody yet ... [... more]
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How to make a Pope's Hat
Fold the origami square in half diagonally (or corner to corner) to form a triangle with the white side up. Fold the bottom right corner so the bottom edge of the corner meets the bottom line of the triangle. Then fold right side of the triangle ... [... more]
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The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the ...
Excellent Content, but poor editing: Allen did a lot of researching and veryfying for this book; he provides a lot of information not previously known, such as which other Cardinals were serious contenders, and other tidbits of the Conclave. The editing [... more]
$19.95
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We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
A wonderful synopsis and introduction to our new Holy Father: For those of us glued to our television sets during this Spring's events during the passing of Pope John Paul II and the election of our new Holy Father, Benedict XVI, this book brings back [... more]
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Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger
Useful facts, lots of hostility: John Allen's shows his hostility toward Ratzinger in his choice of verbs and adjectives to describe what Ratzinger has done to preserve Catholic ortodoxy. Mr. Allen would have a Catholicism where everyone thinks and does [... more]
$29.95
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The Moral Theology Of Pope John Paul II (Moral ...
not tall enough: Imagine an eight-year-old trying to explain his father's ideas. This book is like that. Pope John Paul II was a man of great philosophical and theological depth and profound life experience. Curran just doesn't have the mental age or [... more]
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