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The First Life of Bernard of Clairvaux, traditionally known as the Vita Prima, originated to prepare the case for canonization of Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux. The work was begun by William of ……続きを見る

Eucharistic liturgy has differed through the centuries and in different Churches. Because of these differences, it is essential that eucharistic liturgy be studied from ahistorical perspective. In T……続きを見る

Examine the New Testament from within the living tradition of the Catholic Church In this addition to the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, two respected scholars and Bible teacher……続きを見る

In The Roots of Pope Francis’s Social and Political Thought Thomas R. Rourke traces the development of Pope Francis’s thinking from his time as a Jesuit provincial through today. Meticulously resear……続きを見る

This work offers a detailed reconstruction of the campaigns for and trials resulting in the beatification (in 1626) and subsequent canonization in 1169 of the Florentine mystic nun, Maria Maddalena ……続きを見る

Fr. Thomas Reese has observed that American Catholic dioceses are simultaneously mysterious and essential to the institutional health and vitality of American Catholicism. In recent years, as Americ……続きを見る

In 2012 Kateri Tekakwitha became the first North American Indian to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, an event that American Indian Catholics have awaited for generations. Saint ……続きを見る

It is no secret: the body of Christ in the United States is broken. While universalityーand unity amid diversityーis a fundamental characteristic of Roman Catholicism, all-too-familiar issues relate……続きを見る

The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history – 'A first-class storyteller' The Times Throughout the three hundred years that followed……続きを見る

What if changing our perception of God has the potential to change everything? God is not what you think. Visions of an angry, distant, moral scorekeeper or a supernatural Santa Claus handing out co……続きを見る

Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has encouraged, inspired, and delighted those who have heard him preach. Especially fascinating have been his plain-spoken and insightful weekday……続きを見る

Catholic Women Confront Their Church tells the stories of nine exceptional women who have chosen to remain Catholic despite their deep disagreements with the institutional church. From Barbara Blain……続きを見る

The brilliant and ground-breaking mimetic theory of the French-American theorist René Girard (1923-2015)has gained wide-ranging recognition, yet its development has received less attention. This vol……続きを見る

PRAISE: "Ernest Hemingway considered himself a writer first and foremost. For him, the word needed no epithet: not American, not Catholic, not contemporary, although he was proudly all those things.……続きを見る

Das Dokument "Amoris laetitia" wurde in der Rezeption erheblich unterbewertet. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Dokument, das weit über die Ehe- und Familienpastoral hinausweist. Der erfahrene Pastoralt……続きを見る

Jan Hus kritisiert das Machtstreben und die Habgier der Kirche seiner Zeit; er stellt Christus über das Papsttum. Beim Konzil von Konstanz wird seine Lehre verurteilt, 1415 wird er als Ketzer verbra……続きを見る

A collection of articles published over a period of 35 years on canonical procedural law. 続きを見る

Tracing the development of social reform movements among American Catholics from 1880 to 1925, Deirdre Moloney reveals how Catholic gender ideologies, emerging middle-class values, and ethnic identi……続きを見る

American Catholic women rarely surface as protagonists in histories of the United States. Offering a new perspective, Kathleen Sprows Cummings places Catholic women at the forefront of two defining ……続きを見る

With the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), the Roman Catholic Church for the first time took a positive stance on modernity. Its impact on the thought, worship, and actions of Catholics worldwide wa……続きを見る

First Communion is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ,……続きを見る

For years, historians have argued that Catholicism in the United States stood decisively apart from papal politics in European society. The Church in America, historians insist, forged an “American ……続きを見る

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America? Around the nation today, St. Francis of Assisi is embraced as the patron saint of animals, beneficently pre……続きを見る

A well-illustrated cultural history of the apparel worn by American Catholics, Sally Dwyer-McNulty’s Common Threads reveals the transnational origins and homegrown significance of clothing in develo……続きを見る

In 1963, as Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique appeared and civil rights activists marched on Washington, a separate but related social movement emerged among American Catholics, says Mary Henold. Th……続きを見る

One day in 1917, while cooking dinner at home in Manhattan, Margaret Reilly (1884–1937) felt a sharp pain over her heart and claimed to see a crucifix emerging in blood on her skin. Four years later……続きを見る

Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. In Across God's Frontiers, Anne M. Butler traces the ways in which sist……続きを見る

The internationally growing Cursillo movement, or “short course in Christianity,” founded in 1944 by Spanish Catholic lay practitioners, has become popular among American Catholics and Protestants a……続きを見る

More than a million tourists visit religious landmarks in San Antonio, Texas, each year, observing and sometimes participating in religious activities there. The San Antonio Missions National Histor……続きを見る

'Gripping ... An exquisite conversation between two people who know each other, like each other, and have mutual respect for one another' - Catholic Times Since resigning from the papacy in 2013, th……続きを見る