Author: John L. Allen, Jr. Publisher: Libros ISBN: 9780764816017 Category : Religion Languages : es Pages : 48
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Muchas personas catolicas y no catolicas no conocen quien es Benedicto XVI. Los medios de comunicacion nos han ofrecido flashazos de su personalidad, pero en ocasiones desde puntos de vista no muy objetivos. Este librito Diez cosas que el Papa Benedicto quiere que sepas, te muestra de una manera muy sencilla sus prioridades como Pastor universal y algunas notas de su personalidad, para que te vayas adentrando en el conocimiento de uno de los lideres mundiales mas importantes de nuestra generacion. Con un lenguaje muy ameno John L. Allen, Jr., periodista norteamericano que ha estado muy pendiente de los discursos y presentaciones de Benedicto XVI, te ofrece esta semblanza de alguien que tiene muchas cosas que decirles a los hombres y a las mujeres de hoy.
Author: Michael Wright Publisher: ISBN: 9780764827105 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 0
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Pope Francis made headlines when he penned his new encyclical, Laudato Si, and called on the world's people to protect God's creation. In this booklet, author Michael Wright identifies 10 key themes from the popular encyclical, explaining what they mean for everyday Catholics. A follow-up to the successful 10 Things Pope Francis Wants You to Know, this booklet provides clear explanations for readers who want to follow Pope Francis' teachings.
Author: John L. Allen, Jr. Publisher: ISBN: 9780764824371 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 0
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"John L. Allen, Jr., senior Vatican analyst for CNN, author, and senior correspondent for the National Catholic reporter, writes from Rome ... about the Pope's vision, values, and message for you"--P. [4] of cover.
Author: John L. Allen, Jr. Publisher: Image ISBN: 0385529538 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 482
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One of the world’s foremost religion journalists offers an unexpected and provocative look at where the Catholic Church is headed—and what the changes will mean for all of us. What will the Catholic Church be like in 100 years? Will there be a woman pope? Will dioceses throughout the United States and the rest of the world go bankrupt from years of scandal? In THE FUTURE CHURCH, John L. Allen puts forth the ten trends he believes will transform the Church into the twenty-second century. From the influence of Catholics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on doctrine and practices to the impact of multinational organizations on local and ethical standards, Allen delves into the impact of globalization on the Roman Catholic Church and argues that it must rethink fundamental issues, policies, and ways of doing business. Allen shows that over the next century, the Church will have to respond to changes within the institution itself and in the world as a whole whether it is contending with biotechnical advances—including cloning and genetic enhancement—the aging Catholic population, or expanding the roles of the laity. Like Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat, THE FUTURE CHURCH establishes a new framework for meeting the challenges of a changing world.
Author: Jason Berry Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743253817 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 369
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Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner follow the staggering trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican and taints the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Based on more than six years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews, Vows of Silence is a riveting account of Vatican cover-ups. Both a profound criticism and a wake-up call to reform by two Catholic writers, this book reveals an agenda of top-down control under John Paul II and a hierarchy so obsessed with secrecy as to spawn disinformation. Vows of Silence cuts between the life story of Father Tom Doyle, who sacrificed a diplomatic career with the Vatican to seek justice for sex-abuse victims, and Father Marcial Maciel, an accused pedophile and founder of the militaristic religious order, the Legion of Christ. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Father Doyle and with ex-Legionaries who filed a canonical suit against Maciel, as well as interviews with Vatican insiders and an array of sources in Mexico, Ireland, Canada, and Australia, Berry and Renner provide a penetrating account of a hierarchy directly in conflict with its followers. With keen insight and scrupulous reporting, Vows of Silence is a powerful narrative that chronicles the church's struggle between orthodoxy and reform—going straight to the heart of one of the world's largest power structures. It is not a book about sexual abuse; it is a book about abuse of power throughout the Vatican.
Author: Jason Berry Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0385531346 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 434
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AN INVESTIGATION OF EPIC FINANCIAL INTRIGUE, RENDER UNTO ROME EXPOSES THE SECRECY AND DECEIT THAT RUN COUNTER TO THE VALUES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are weekly cash contributions that can amount to tens of thousands of dollars accounted for? Where does the money go when a diocese sells a church property for tens of millions of dollars? And what happens when hundreds of millions of dollars are turned over to officials at the highest ranks, no questions asked, for their discretionary use? The Roman Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world. The Vatican has never revealed its net worth, but the value of its works of art, great churches, property in Rome, and stocks held through its bank easily run into the tens of billions. Yet the Holy See as a sovereign state covers a mere 108 acres and has a small annual budget of about $280 million. No major book has examined the church’s financial underpinnings and practices with such journalistic force. Today the church bears scrutiny by virtue of the vast amounts of money (nearly $2 billion in the United States alone) paid out to victims of clergy abuse. Amid mounting diocesan bankruptcies, bishops have been selling off whole pieces of the infrastructure—churches, schools, commercial properties—while the nephew of one of the Vatican’s most powerful cardinals engaged in a lucrative scheme to profiteer off the enormous downsizing of American church wealth.
Author: Michael D. Langone Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393313215 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 438
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Drawing upon the clinical expertise of professionals and the personal experiences of those formerly involved in high-intensity mind-control groups, this book is a comprehensive guide to the cult experience. Michael Langone and his colleagues provide practical guidelines for helping former cult members manage the problems they encounter when leaving cults.
Author: John J. Cleary Publisher: ISBN: 9780764826474 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is the latest addition to the popular seasonal series and combines meditations based on popular homilies, speeches, and encyclicals of Pope Francis, in a year where he will be very visitble in the US. The book allows the readers to deepen their spirituality during the Advent/Christmas season with meditations alongside activities that give them ways to not only strengthen their spirituality but go out and live it. Incorporates scripture and includes a group study guide, for small group study.
Author: John Paul Lennon Publisher: Booksurge Publishing ISBN: 9781419676628 Category : Catholic ex-priests Languages : en Pages : 0
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The story of an Irish-born founding member of the Legion of Christ, a new Catholic Religious Order, and his relationship with Founder, Fr. Marcial Maciel.
Author: John L. Allen, Jr.
Author: Michael Wright
Author: John L. Allen, Jr.
Author: John L. Allen, Jr.
Author: Jason Berry
Author: Jason Berry
Author: Michael D. Langone
Author: John J. Cleary
Author: John Paul Lennon
Author: Elena Sada