Download or read book The Accidental Pope written by Ray Flynn and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former US Ambassador to the Vatican and the bestselling author of The French Connection join forces to write an unforgettable, compelling novel about a humble fisherman who is elected as the next Pope. Locked in a stalemate after days of voting, the College of Cardinals struggles through the arduous process of electing a new pope after the death of Pope John Paul II. In an effort to break the impasse at the conclave, Brian Comiskey, Cardinal Primate of All Ireland, in a stunning surprise development, withdraws from the race. Explaining his decision, he offers an anecdote about being among a boat load of clerics who were caught in an unexpected storm, then miraculously rescued by his friend Bill Kelly, a former priest and now a Cape Cod fisherman. The next day at the Sistine Chapel, still undecided about who they should vote for, the Cardinals smile to themselves as they cast what they think are throw-away symbolic votes for Bill Kelly--but no one is laughing when he is elected Pope. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, Bill Kelly is on his boat at sea when he has a very clear and disturbing revelation: God is once again calling him to serve his Church. Thus begins the reign of the first American Pope. Written with the style of bestselling novelist Robin Moore and the political brilliance and authority of former U. S. Ambassador Raymond Flynn, The Accidental Pope is not a religious book about politics, nor a political book about religion, but a story that gives insight into the Vatican and the role of the Holy See in world events. The Accidental Pope is a globetrotting tale full of suspense, drama, and humor.
Download or read book The Accidental Pope written by Raymond L. Flynn and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Accidental Pope written by James Casper and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unpopular pope dies while touring the Holy Land on the same day two obscure country priests exchange places six thousand miles and eight time zones away. Neither they nor the Church of Rome will ever be the same. The priests become entangled in mysteries of murder, duplicity, and hush-money as cardinals from around the world gather to elect a new pontiff. A connection between the Vatican¿s Sistine Chapel and the abandoned Paradise Hotel in a small Midwestern city seems inconceivable, and yet bodies discovered there will determine who becomes the next pope.The Seal of Confession becomes more than an amusing pun in the murderous circus enveloping the Vatican and a distant church whose confessional is breached. Those in search of forgiveness find instead blackmail and extortion.Why did a murdered Indian woman trapped in the Chicago sex trade have a one-way bus ticket home to her reservation? Was it suicide or murder in the Paradise Hotel? Why is someone in the Vatican willing to pay for silence? Answers can be found in two wooden boxes, one the confessional and the other a coffin in an isolated churchyard near an Indian reservation. An Accidental Pope is not so much a Who dun nit? as a How did it happen? A police detective and his amateur sleuth wife uncover much that is hidden, but only the reader will know the whole story of how the Chair of St. Peter came to have its accidental occupant.If you believe that the those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted, this is the novel.
Download or read book Pope Francis in His Own Words written by Pope Francis and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2013 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insights from the world's newest spiritual leader on everything from forgiveness and faith to mercy and money, from prayer and parenting to tango and soccer Book jacket.
Download or read book Accidental Boss written by Tilly Pope and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HollyI need this job.But my Uber is late, I can't find my other earring, and everything that can go wrong is going wrong. So when I finally show up-late-for my interview and come face to face with my new boss to be, I almost lose it. He. Is. Gorgeous. But there are a few issues. Like the fact the name on my application is wrong. And I'm in the wrong building. And this isn't my interview. FML. PaxI know there's a mix up. I know she's supposed to be interviewing in the next building. I also know they're trying to take advantage of her. But I'm not about to let this hottie walk away. Oh, no.One look into her young, eager face and I know she'll do anything I ask. And I'm going to find out exactly what her boundaries are...So I can break them and make her mine.Short, hot, and over the top! If you love possessive alpha males, totally unrealistic insta-love romance, this one's for you! No cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA!
Download or read book The Pope s Daughter written by Dario Fo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified women in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice married—one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucrezia’s own brother, Cesar Borgia. She is cast in the role of murderess, temptress, incestuous lover, loose woman, femme fatale par excellence. But there are two sides to every story. Lucrezia Borgia is the only woman in history to have serve as the head of the Catholic Church. She successfully administered several of Renaissance Italy’s most thriving cities, founded one of the world’s first credit unions, and was a generous patron of the arts. She was mother to a prince and to a cardinal. She was a devoted wife to the Prince of Ferrara, and the lover of the poet Pietro Bembo. She was a child of the renaissance and, in many ways, the world’s first modern woman. In this richly imagined novel, Nobel laureate Dario Fo reveals Lucrezia’s humanity, her passion for life, her compassion for others, and her skill at navigating around her family’s evildoings. The Borgias are unrivalled for the range and magnitude of their political machinations and opportunism. Fo’s brilliance rests in his rendering their story as a shocking mirror image of the uses and abuses of power in our own time. Lucrezia herself becomes a model for how to survive and rise above those abuses. Part Wolf Hall, part House of Cards, The Pope's Daugther will appeal to readers of historical fiction and of contemporary fiction alike and will delight anyone fascinated by Renaissance Italy.
Download or read book An Invitation to Joy written by Pope John Paul II and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Paul II, the most charismatic religious leader of our time, is a man whose actions truly reflect his beliefs. At the dawn of the new Millennium, AN INVITATION TO JOY brings together a selection of John Paul's messages with the most poignant photographs documenting his life both before and after his election to papacy. For the first time, here is an illustrated devotional keepsake album that distills the essence of his message and shows the intimate connection between his words and deeds. Three main sections, THE HUMAN FAMILY, THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON, encompass the themes that are most important to the Pontiff. Resonant passages on everything from love and family, suffering and evil, freedom and human rights, other religions and the role of women are coupled with striking photographs. A fourth section, A LIFETIME OF DEVOTION, provides a portrait of the Pope's entire life in pictures, from his early childhood to his current day-to-day activities in the Vatican. Reflecting the Pope's all-embracing outreach to people around the world, AN INVITATION TO JOY will inspire both those inside and outside the Catholic Church.
Download or read book The Dictator Pope written by Marcantonio Colonna and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcantonio Colonna's The Dictator Pope has rocked Rome and the entire Catholic Church with its portrait of an authoritarian, manipulative, and politically partisan pontiff. Occupying a privileged perch in Rome during the tumultuous first years of Francis’s pontificate, Colonna was privy to the shock, dismay, and even panic that the reckless new pope engendered in the Church’s most loyal and judicious leaders. The Dictator Pope discloses that Father Mario Bergoglio (the future Pope Francis) was so unsuited for ecclesiastical leadership that the head of his own Jesuit order tried to prevent his appointment as a bishop in Argentina. Behind the benign smile of the "people's pope" Colonna reveals a ruthless autocrat aggressively asserting the powers of the papacy in pursuit of a radical agenda.
Download or read book The Pope Who Quit written by Jon M. Sweeney and published by Image. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy. At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint, and possibly the victim of murder. A stroke of fate would, practically overnight, transform this humble servant of God into the most powerful man in the Catholic Church. Half a year later, he would be the only pope in history to abdicate the chair of St. Peter, an act that nearly brought the papacy to its knees. What led him to make that decision and what happened afterward would be shrouded in mystery for centuries. The Pope Who Quit pulls back the veil of secrecy on this dramatic time in history and showcases a story that involves deadly dealings, apocalyptic maneuverings, and papal intrigue.
Download or read book The Political Pope written by George Neumayr and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the left's efforts to politicize the Vatican and the battle to stop it-before the Catholic Church as we know it is destroyed. Pope Francis is the most liberal pope in the history of the Catholic Church. He is not only championing the causes of the global Left, but also undermining centuries-old Catholic teaching and practice. In the words of the late radical Tom Hayden, his election was "more miraculous, if you will, than the rise of Barack Obama in 2008." But to Catholics in the pews, his pontificate is a source of alienation. It is a pontificate, at times, beyond parody: Francis is the first pope to approve of adultery, flirt with proposals to bless gay marriages and cohabitation, tell atheists not to convert, tell Catholics to not breed "like rabbits," praise the Koran, support a secularized Europe, and celebrate Martin Luther. At a time of widespread moral relativism, Pope Francis is not defending the Church's teachings but diluting them. At a time of Christian persecution, he is not strengthening Catholic identity but weakening it. Where other popes sought to save souls, he prefers to "save the planet" and play politics, from habitual capitalism-bashing to his support for open borders and pacifism. In The Political Pope, George Neumayr gives readers what the media won't: a bracing look at the liberal revolution that Pope Francis is advancing in the Church. To the radical academic Cornel West, "Pope Francis is a gift from heaven." To many conservative Catholics, he is the worst pope in centuries.
Download or read book The Texas Court of Appeals Reports written by Texas. Court of Appeals and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hist ry of Latin Christianity Including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of M das V 3 written by Henry Hart Milman and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages written by Horace Kinder Mann and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housebreaking written by Dan Pope and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two suburban families become hopelessly entangled during an explosive Thanksgiving weekend that changes their lives forever.
Download or read book The Works of Alexander Pope written by Alexander Pope and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of Alexander Pope Letters written by Alexander Pope and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
