Renouned Catholic historian Christopher Dawson divided the history of the Catholic Church into six "ages" of 350 to 400 years each that began with great vitality and ended in decline and loss. In the Catholic Church through the Ages, Fr. John Vidmar surveys the history of the church from its beginnings to the present time through Dawson's lens. He writes with enthusiasm and a down-to-earth quality born of years of teaching. The Catholic Church through...

The fictional story of a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.

While imprisoned for his attempts to reform the Church, 16th-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross composed many of his now classic poems of the soul's longing for God. Escaping his captors, John fell into a state of ecstasy and finished Dark Night of the Soul, with additional commentary for other seekers.

A revealing, timely look at the reign of Pope Benedict, the conclave, the papal election process by the cardinals, and the history of one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious institutions. For more than twenty-five years John Thavis held one of the most fascinating journalistic jobs in the world: reporting on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave...

A Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican. In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades, a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church was executed...

Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.

Going my way: When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest (Crosby), things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighborhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do. Holiday Inn: "Story about two talented...

Following the April 2019 fire that almost destroyed Paris's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, a team of engineers, masons, and timber workers set out on the daunting challenge of restoring France's historic landmark.

When a college professor who is researching the life of Sacajawea disappears, Vicky Holden begins to investigate, and she soon learns that there is someone on the reservation who will go to any lengths to keep the truth about Sacajawea's life hidden.

The past and present intertwine in this murder mystery on an Arapaho reservation involving the world of the Arapahos, Indian owned oil fields and land, and greedy businessmen.