29 Best Catholic, Religion Books
Catholic, Religion is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Catholic, Religion audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Catholic, Religion audiobooks below.
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Loving God, Loving Others
- By: Blessed Is She
- Narrator: Blessed Is She
- Length: 4 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 15, 2022
- Language: English
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5(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDYour longing for meaningful connection is a good and holy desire. God made us to love one another, and we love because He first loved us. In Loving God, Loving Others, the ladies of the Catholic community Blessed is She pour their hearts onto theYour longing for meaningful connection is a good and holy desire. God made us to love one another, and we love because He first loved us. In Loving God, Loving Others, the ladies of the Catholic community Blessed is She pour their hearts onto the page to invite you into a deeper relationship with the One who loves you in order that you may pour out His love into every relationship in your life and create connections that last.
Over the course of 52 weeks, you’re invited to reflect on six rungs of relationships in your life: your relationship with God, yourself, your family of origin, your family or loved ones today, your friendships, and your workplace. In each section, you’ll uncover:
- God’s relentless pursuit of your heart
- Evidence of His promise to heal our hurts
- How to deepen your relationship with God through prayer and the sacraments
- The value of healthy boundaries
- The joy of vulnerability in Christian relationships
- God’s plan to use community to edify our hearts
- The importance of prioritizing different kinds of relationships
Six different women in the Blessed is She community share more about their personal stories to inspire you to find health and healing in your own relationships.
Each devotional entry includes:
- A Scripture reference
- A devotion written by one of six Blessed is She authors
- Prompts for reflection
By the end of the 52 weeks, you will come away with greater clarity and self-knowledge of the One who loves you and how His love fills you with the compassion, self-control, and kindness you need for every other relationship in your life.
In this book, may the lonely find comfort. May the tired find rest. May the betrayed find healing. And may the healed ones heal others. We were made to do this life with God and with one another, so come with the hopefulness of forming connections that matter, connections that last.
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God Above All
- Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: December 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.75(6 ratings)
4.75(6 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDWe all yearn for greater contentment. We try new planners, new apps, new jobs, new diets, and new relationships hoping that one more change will finally make our lives feel right. But no matter what we do, the peace we seek feels out ofWe all yearn for greater contentment. We try new planners, new apps, new jobs, new diets, and new relationships hoping that one more change will finally make our lives feel right. But no matter what we do, the peace we seek feels out of reach. How can we find the meaning and purpose we long for? Fourth-century philosopher and theologian St. Augustine asked the same question.
God Above All, compiled from St. Augustine’s most-influential works, includes:
- 90 devotions to learn the life-altering love of God
- How to change your heart and desire God above all
- Ancient writings made accessible and applicable for modern readers
- Short excerpts from St. Augustine’s works, such as Confessions and The City of God
- Practical prompts to apply Augustine’s insights
This 90-day devotional is a heartfelt gift for:
- Men and women who want to experience life with fresh eyes
- Listeners across all denominations and faith backgrounds
- Anyone who longs to grow in faith but doesn’t know where to start
- Father’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, and for anyone interested in learning more about St. Augustine’s teachings about making God the center of all
Whether you are seeking guidance in making God a priority in your relationships, your work, or your daily decisions, God Above All is the perfect audiobook to inspire you to discover the delight of glorifying your Creator in every moment of your life.
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Your Life is Worth Living
- By: Fulton Sheen
- Narrator: Gary Galone
- Length: 14 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: May 21, 2019
- Language: English
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4.56(96 ratings)
4.56(96 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFor over four decades, Fulton Sheen was the face of Catholicism in America and literally received hundreds of thousands of letters from people around the world in search of truth, faith, salvation, and spiritual guidance. In this newly repackagedFor over four decades, Fulton Sheen was the face of Catholicism in America and literally received hundreds of thousands of letters from people around the world in search of truth, faith, salvation, and spiritual guidance. In this newly repackaged reissue of one of Sheen’s classic works, the Emmy Award-winning priest takes an intimate look at our sacred journey to God and answers some of life’s most profound questions. With his clever wit and straightforward language, he explains how we can find contentment in the modern world by applying the Christian philosophy of life to our day-to-day exchanges. Drawing authority from scripture and created for people of all ages and backgrounds, Sheen explores our journey home to God in an insightful conversation designed to strengthen the listener’s personal relationship with Jesus. Sheen also shares humorous stories that made him one of the most celebrated personalities of his time. This book is a lasting testament that your life is worth living.
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The Memoirs of St. Peter
- By: Michael Pakaluk
- Narrator: Jim Denison
- Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.49(70 ratings)
4.49(70 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Gospel as you have never heard it before At a distance of twenty centuries, the figure of Jesus of Nazareth can seem impossibly obscure–indeed, some skeptics even question whether he existed. And yet we have an eyewitness account of hisThe Gospel as you have never heard it before
At a distance of twenty centuries, the figure of Jesus of Nazareth can seem impossibly obscure–indeed, some skeptics even question whether he existed. And yet we have an eyewitness account of his life, death, and resurrection from one of his closest companions, the sherman Simon Bar-Jonah, better known as the Apostle Peter.
Writers from the earliest days of the Church tell us that Peter’s disciple Mark wrote down the apostle’s account of the life of Jesus as he told it to the first Christians in Rome. The vivid, detailed, unadorned prose of the Gospel of Mark conveys the unmistakable immediacy of a first-hand account.
For most readers, however, this immediacy is hidden behind a veil of Greek, the language of the New Testament writers. Four centuries of English translations have achieved nobility of cadence or, more recently, idiomatic accessibility, but the voice of Peter himself has never fully emerged. Until now.
In this strikingly original translation, attentive to Peter’s concern to show what it was like to be there, Michael Pakaluk captures the tone and texture of the sherman’s evocative account, leading the listener to a bracing new encounter with Jesus.
The accompanying verse-by-verse commentary–less theological than historical–will equip you to experience Mark’s Gospel as the narrative of an eyewitness, drawing you into its scenes, where you will come to know Jesus of Nazareth with new intimacy.
A stunning work of scholarship readily accessible to the layman, The Memoirs of St. Peter belongs on the bookshelf of every serious Christian.
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Benedict XVI: A Life
- By: Peter Seewald
- Narrator: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 19 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.46(82 ratings)
4.46(82 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDThe long-awaited and authoritative biography of Pope Benedict XVI, a giant of the Catholic Church Benedict XVI: A Life offers insight into the young life and rise through the Church’s ranks of a man who would become a hero and a lightning rodThe long-awaited and authoritative biography of Pope Benedict XVI, a giant of the Catholic Church
Benedict XVI: A Life offers insight into the young life and rise through the Church’s ranks of a man who would become a hero and a lightning rod for Catholics the world over. Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Benedict himself, this much-anticipated two-volume biography is the definitive record of the life of Joseph Ratzinger and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.
This first volume follows the early life of the future pope, from his days growing up in Germany and his conscription into the Hitler Youth during World War II to his career as an academic theologian and eventual Archbishop of Munich. The second volume, set to be published in 2021, will cover his move to Rome under Pope John Paul II, his ascension to the papacy, and his controversial retirement and news-making statements under his successor, Pope Francis I.
This necessary companion to Benedict’s own memoir, Last Testament, is the fullest account to date of the life of a radical Catholic leader who has continued to make news while cloistered in retirement in the Vatican gardens.
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Under Siege
- By: Austin Ruse
- Narrator: Kelan Boyle
- Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.41(26 ratings)
4.41(26 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDDecades as a Christian leader, most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights, have earned writer Austin Ruse, once a Washington liberal with little faith, his share of defeats and triumphs. Perhaps most valuably,Decades as a Christian leader, most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights, have earned writer Austin Ruse, once a Washington liberal with little faith, his share of defeats and triumphs. Perhaps most valuably, he has intuited keen tactical insights from his confrontations with the dark side of human nature. You come away from this groundbreaking book with the sense that Ruse knows the enemy better than the enemy knows himself. Ruse carefully examines how the anti-Christian forces gained power over every elite institution in America. He exposes their most deviant plans for the future. He then issues his authoritative call to arms, brilliantly arguing that there is no finer time to be a faithful Catholic. God Himself called each of us to live in this time and place, to contribute to the renewal of society and the Church, and to vanquish the enemies of civilization. Ruse argues that each of us is called specifically to this battle, and he provides a roadmap for fighting the major challenges American Christians now face. He identifies the vulnerabilities of the Leftists who appear so dominant today, and he pinpoints Catholicism’s most potent sources of resistance. More than anything, Ruse argues that, as dark as these days seem to be, future generations will look upon this generation with envy that they could not have been here with us in these dangerous times when everything seems so lost. Ruse lays it all out in this simple, balanced book.
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Things Worth Dying For
- By: Charles J. Chaput
- Narrator: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 15, 2021
- Language: English
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4.41(187 ratings)
4.41(187 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWith a balance of wisdom, candor, and scholarly rigor, the beloved archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, traces the human experience from ancient times to today to find threads of connection in our yearning for God, love, honor,With a balance of wisdom, candor, and scholarly rigor, the beloved archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, traces the human experience from ancient times to today to find threads of connection in our yearning for God, love, honor, beauty, truth, and immortality. He looks at our modern appetite for consumption and individualism and offers a penetrating analysis of how we got here and how we can look to our roots and our faith to find purpose each day amid the noise of competing desires. Chaput examines the chronic questions of the human heart: the idols and false flags we create and the nature of a life of authentic faith. He points to our longing to live and die with meaning as the key to our search for God, our loyalty to nation and kin, our conduct in war, and our service to others. Ultimately, he concludes that the things worth dying for reveal most powerfully the things worth living for.
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Witness to Hope
- By: George Weigel
- Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas
- Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 31, 2005
- Language: English
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4.38(2425 ratings)
4.38(2425 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDNow, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most historic events of the twentieth century that can still be feltNow, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most historic events of the twentieth century that can still be felt today.
“Fascinating…sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.”–New York Times Book Review
Witness to Hope is the authoritative biography of one of the singular figures–some might argue the singular figure–of our time. With unprecedented cooperation from John Paul II and the people who knew and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel offers a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions defined a new approach to world politics–and changed the course of history. As even his critics concede, John Paul II occupied a unique place on the world stage and put down intellectual markers that no one could ignore or avoid as humanity entered a new millennium fraught with possibility and danger.
The Pope was a man of prodigious energy who played a crucial, yet insufficiently explored, role in some of the most momentous events of our time, including the collapse of European communism, the quest for peace in the Middle East, and the democratic transformation of Latin America. With an updated preface, this edition of Witness to Hope explains how this “man from a far country” did all of that, and much more–and what both his accomplishments and the unfinished business of his pontificate mean for the future of the Church and the world.
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Witness to Hope
- By: George Weigel
- Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas
- Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 03, 2020
- Language: English
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4.38(2425 ratings)
4.38(2425 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USD“Fascinating…sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.”–New York Times Book Review Now, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how“Fascinating…sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.”–New York Times Book Review
Now, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most historic events of the twentieth century that can still be felt today.
Witness to Hope is the authoritative biography of one of the singular figures–some might argue the singular figure–of our time. With unprecedented cooperation from John Paul II and the people who knew and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel offers a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions defined a new approach to world politics–and changed the course of history. As even his critics concede, John Paul II occupied a unique place on the world stage and put down intellectual markers that no one could ignore or avoid as humanity entered a new millennium fraught with possibility and danger.
The Pope was a man of prodigious energy who played a crucial, yet insufficiently explored, role in some of the most momentous events of our time, including the collapse of European communism, the quest for peace in the Middle East, and the democratic transformation of Latin America. With an updated preface, this edition of Witness to Hope explains how this “man from a far country” did all of that, and much more–and what both his accomplishments and the unfinished business of his pontificate mean for the future of the Church and the world.
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To Light a Fire on the Earth
- By: Robert Barron
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.32(652 ratings)
4.32(652 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAs secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is. In this compelling new book–drawn from conversations withAs secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is.
In this compelling new book–drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr.–Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron’s smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations–as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago–To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground. Touching on a wide range of subjects, including Jesus, prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of the Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.
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The Miracle Collectors
- By: Joan Luise Hill
- Narrator: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 02, 2021
- Language: English
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4.28(25 ratings)
4.28(25 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThis eye-opening book will teach you how to step back, examine important moments in your life, and recognize the miracles that are constantly occurring all around you.As part of their own spiritual quest, miracle experts, Katie Mahon and Joan LuiseThis eye-opening book will teach you how to step back, examine important moments in your life, and recognize the miracles that are constantly occurring all around you.... Read more
As part of their own spiritual quest, miracle experts, Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill, discovered that when we are truly awake and present, miracles abound. It started by sharing their own stories which quickly prompted an unexpected outpouring of stories from others. Stories that had never been told, stories that didn’t seem to matter, and stories that had been forgotten. While some defy explanation, others invite us to take a closer look, to discover common ground with each other, and to seek meaning in a whole new way.
The stories of courage, forgiveness, gratitude, faith, hope, and love from The Miracle Collectors, allow us to notice and appreciate the miracles that are available to each one of us, while opening us up to a part of the Divine mystery we can absorb and understand.
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Made New
- By: Blessed Is She
- Narrator: Blessed Is She
- Length: 4 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: December 14, 2021
- Language: English
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4.27(22 ratings)
4.27(22 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDHow would your life change if you were certain of your identity? If you could know that Someone loves you, sees you, and wants to be close to you?just as you are? In this weekly devotional for women, you’re invited to soak in God’s WordHow would your life change if you were certain of your identity? If you could know that Someone loves you, sees you, and wants to be close to you?just as you are? In this weekly devotional for women, you’re invited to soak in God’s Word to embrace your identity as a beloved woman made in God’s image.
Authored by Blessed Is She, a popular online community for Catholic women, Made New walks you through rich reflections of the Gospels, substantive Scripture for prayer through Lectio Divina, and prompts for spiritual growth. Over the course of 52 weeks, you’ll uncover:
- how deeply God knows who you are and loves who you’re becoming.
- why you belong to God’s family.
- what it means that your true identity is as God’s beloved.
- how your belief in God’s love affects your identity.
- how to follow God’s plan for your life.
Made New is for any woman who wants a stronger sense of self-worth, deeper peace in her identity, and a richer relationship with the God who loves her. Each devotional entry includes:
- a Scripture reference
- a devotion written by a Blessed Is She writer
- prompts for reflection
You’ll be made new as you journey through a year of thought-provoking devotions, inspiring personal stories, and heartfelt prayers. Experience life change as you’re drawn into relationship with a loving God who is committed to your flourishing, advocates for you, and delights when you come to Him.
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Wounded Shepherd
- By: Austen Ivereigh
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 15 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: November 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.26(112 ratings)
4.26(112 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USDFollowing his critically acclaimed The Great Reformer, Austen Ivereigh’s colorful, clear-eyed portrait of Pope Francis takes us inside the Vatican’s urgent debate over the future of the church in Wounded Shepherd. This deeply contextualFollowing his critically acclaimed The Great Reformer, Austen Ivereigh’s colorful, clear-eyed portrait of Pope Francis takes us inside the Vatican’s urgent debate over the future of the church in Wounded Shepherd.
This deeply contextual biography centers on the tensions generated by the pope’s attempt to turn the Church away from power and tradition and outwards to engage humanity with God’s mercy. Through battles with corrupt bankers and worldly cardinals, in turbulent meetings and on global trips, history’s first Latin-American pope has attempted to reshape the Church to evangelize the contemporary age. At the same time, he has stirred other leaders’ deep-seated fear that the Church is capitulating to modernity–leaders who have challenged his bid to create a more welcoming, attentive institution.
Facing rebellions over his allowing sacraments for the divorced and his attempt to create a more “ecological” Catholicism, as well as a firestorm of criticism for the Church’s record on sexual abuse, Francis emerges as a leader of remarkable vision and skill with a relentless spiritual focus–a leader who is at peace in the turmoil surrounding him.
With entertaining anecdotes, insider accounts, and expert analysis, Ivereigh’s journey through the key episodes of Francis’s reform in Rome and the wider Church brings into sharp focus the frustrations and fury, as well as the joys and successes, of one of the most remarkable pontificates of the contemporary age.
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I am With You
- By: Timothy M. Dolan
- Length: 1 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.25(18 ratings)
4.25(18 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDCardinal Timothy M. Dolan offers a powerful, universal message on God’s grace and the healing power of Jesus to get us through tough and turbulent times. Drawn from sermons and writings offered during the early days of the 2020 COVID-19Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan offers a powerful, universal message on God’s grace and the healing power of Jesus to get us through tough and turbulent times.
Drawn from sermons and writings offered during the early days of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, I Am with You provides solace, hope, and healing for anyone
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Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
- By: John Foxe
- Narrator: Robin Lawson
- Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.25(16271 ratings)
4.25(16271 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USD“This is a book which will never die—one of the greatest Christian classics. As interesting as fiction, it is written with both passion and tenderness, telling the dramatic story of some of the most thrilling periods in Christian“This is a book which will never die—one of the greatest Christian classics. As interesting as fiction, it is written with both passion and tenderness, telling the dramatic story of some of the most thrilling periods in Christian history. Presented here in its most complete form, it brings to life the days when ‘a noble army, men and boys, the matron and the maid…climbed the steep ascent of heaven, amid peril, toil, and pain.’
“After the Bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs. Even in our time it is still a living force. More than a record of persecution, it is an arsenal of controversy, a storehouse of romance, and a source of edification.”—James Miller Dodds, English Prose
This collection includes treatises on the following:
1. The Persecution of the Early Christians 2. Constantine the Great 3. John Wickliff 4. Sir John Oldcaste, Lord Cobham 5. John Huss 6. William Tyndale 7. Martin Luther 8. John Hooper 9. Rowland Taylor 10. The Martyrs of Scotland 11. Hugh Latimer 12. Bishop Ridley 13. The Trial, Condemnation, and Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer 14. The Fires of Smithfield 15. Thomas Cranmer 16. Anecdotes and Sayings of Other Martyrs
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The Great Reformer
- By: Austen Ivereigh
- Narrator: Austen Ivereigh
- Length: 15 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: November 25, 2014
- Language: English
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4.17(374 ratings)
4.17(374 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USDA biography of Pope Francis that will describe how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world’s most formidable religionsAn expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The
A biography of Pope Francis that will describe how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world’s most formidable religions
An expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The Great Reformer is about the intersection of faith and politics–the tension between the pope’s innovative vision for the Church and the obstacles he faces in an institution still strongly defined by its conservative past. Based on extensive interviews in Argentina and years of study of the Catholic Church, Ivereigh tells the story not only of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the remarkable man whose background and total commitment to the discernment of God’s will transformed him into Pope Francis–but the story of why the Catholic Church chose him as their leader.With the Francis Revolution just beginning, this biography will provide never-before-explained context on how one man’s ambitious program began–and how it will likely end–through an investigation of Francis’s youth growing up in Buenos Aires and the dramatic events during the Peron era that shaped his beliefs; his ongoing conflicts and disillusionment with the ensuing doctrines of an authoritarian and militaristic government in the 1970s; how his Jesuit training in Argentina and Chile gave him a unique understanding and advocacy for a “Church of the Poor”; and his rise from Cardinal to the papacy.
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Orthodoxy
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrator: Fred Williams
- Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.17(30121 ratings)
4.17(30121 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDG. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack inG. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.
Published just five years later, Chesterson’s famous reply took the form of an autobiographical account of his own indoctrination into the faith. Rather than attempt to explain how Christianity can be believed, he emphasizes what fulfillment in this life can come from believing. His argument is that people in western society need a life of “practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome.”
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The Divine Dance
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrator: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 04, 2017
- Language: English
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4.16(2769 ratings)
4.16(2769 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe Trinity is supposed to be the central doctrine grounding Christianity, yet we’re often told that we shouldn’t attempt to understand it because it’s a mystery. But what if we breached that mystery? How might it transform ourThe Trinity is supposed to be the central doctrine grounding Christianity, yet we’re often told that we shouldn’t attempt to understand it because it’s a mystery. But what if we breached that mystery? How might it transform our relationship with God? Although the word ‘trinity’ isn’t found in the New Testament-it wasn’t until the third century that it was coined-the idea of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was present in Jesus’ life and teachings. In the pages of this book, internationally recognized teacher Richard Rohr circles around this paradoxical idea-and circling around is an apt metaphor: early Christians applied the Greek verb for dance to the mystery of the Trinity, saying whatever is going on in God is a flow-it’s like a dance.
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The Church of Mercy
- By: Pope Francis
- Narrator: Paul Michael
- Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.16(746 ratings)
4.16(746 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIn the year since he was elected, Pope Francis’ simple message of mercy, service, and renewal has spread to every corner of the world. Through his gentle demeanor, selfless actions, and welcoming call for service to others, he has captured theIn the year since he was elected, Pope Francis’ simple message of mercy, service, and renewal has spread to every corner of the world. Through his gentle demeanor, selfless actions, and welcoming call for service to others, he has captured the attention of a world longing for an authentic message of hope–we want to hear what he has to say.
Collected from Pope Francis’ speeches, homilies, and papers presented during the first year of his papacy, The Church of Mercy is the first Vatican-authorized book detailing his vision for the Catholic Church. From how to be citizens of the world to answering God’s call for evangelization, Pope Francis‘ deep wisdom reminds us that the Church must move beyond its own walls and joyfully take God’s mercy wherever suffering, division, or injustice exists.
Named Time magazine’s 2013 “Person of the Year,” Pope Francis is helping the Church continue toward an authentic Christianity that is faithful to the Gospel and resonant with the world’s greatest needs. The Church of Mercy encourages each of us to ignite the flame within to help share the light of Christ and revitalize the Church.
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- By: Thomas E. Woods
- Narrator: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2005
- Language: English
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4.11(2520 ratings)
4.11(2520 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDAsk a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: “corruption.” But that one word should be “civilization.” Western civilization has given us modern science, theAsk a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: “corruption.” But that one word should be “civilization.”
Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted. But what is the ultimate source of these gifts? Bestselling author and professor Thomas E. Woods, Jr., provides the answer: the Catholic Church.
No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. Woods’ book is essential reading for recovering this lost truth.
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Evangelical Catholicism
- By: George Weigel
- Narrator: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4.05(264 ratings)
4.05(264 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand-year history. As the curtain comes down on the church defined by the sixteenth-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of theThe Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand-year history. As the curtain comes down on the church defined by the sixteenth-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a way of being Catholic that comes from over a century of Catholic reform; a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
The gospel-centered Evangelical Catholicism of the future will send all the people of the church into mission territory every day–a territory increasingly defined in the West by spiritual boredom and aggressive secularism. Confronting both these cultural challenges and the shadows cast by recent Catholic history, Evangelical Catholicism unapologetically proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ as the truth of the world. It also molds disciples who witness to faith, hope, and love by the quality of their lives and the nobility of their aspirations. Thus the Catholicism of the twenty-first century and beyond will be a culture-forming counterculture, offering all men and women of good will a deeply humane alternative to the soul-stifling self-absorption of postmodernity.
Drawing on thirty years of experience throughout the Catholic world, from its humblest parishes to its highest levels of authority, George Weigel proposes a deepening of faith-based and mission-driven Catholic reform that touches every facet of Catholic life–from the episcopate and the papacy to the priesthood and the consecrated life; from the renewal of the lay vocation in the world to the redefinition of the church’s engagement with public life; from the liturgy to the church’s intellectual life. Lay Catholics and clergy alike should welcome the challenge of this unique moment in the church’s history. Mediocrity is not an option, and all Catholics, no matter what their station in life, are called to live the evangelical vocation into which they were baptized: without compromise but with the joy, courage, and confidence that comes from living this side of the Resurrection.
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Walking with Jesus
- By: Pope Francis
- Narrator: Paul Michael
- Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.02(177 ratings)
4.02(177 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDTwo thousand years ago Jesus said, “Follow me.” What if the twenty-first-century church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings begTwo thousand years ago Jesus said, “Follow me.” What if the twenty-first-century church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings beg one more critical question: What exactly should the church be moving toward?
In Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church, Pope Francis‘ own words lead us to the answer. Francis urges us to make Jesus central in our individual lives and in the collective life of the church–to walk toward him, and ultimately to walk with him at all times and in all places.
Walking with Jesus offers the church a much-needed way forward, past its inner and outer walls, as it fearlessly follows Christ toward the future.
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The Long Loneliness
- By: Dorothy Day
- Narrator: Nancy Linari
- Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 05, 2020
- Language: English
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4.01(4484 ratings)
4.01(4484 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities. When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent socialThe compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities.
When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality . . . founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and leader for more than fifty years in numerous battles of social justice.” Here, in her own words, this remarkable woman tells of her early life as a young journalist in the crucible of Greenwich Village political and literary thought in the 1920s, and of her momentous conversion to Catholicism that meant the end of a Bohemian lifestyle and common-law marriage.
The Long Loneliness chronilces Dorothy Day’s lifelong association with Peter Maurin and the genesis of the Catholic Worker Movement. Unstinting in her commitment to peace, nonviolence, racial justice, and the cuase of the poor and the outcast, she became an inspiration to such activists as Thomas Merton, Michael Harrinton, Daniel Berrigan, Ceasr Chavez, and countless others.
This edition of The Long Loneliness begins with an eloquent introduction by Robert Coles, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and longtime friend, admirer, and biographer of Dorothy Day.
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Holy Ground
- By: Christopher A. Castaldo
- Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: September 13, 2009
- Language: English
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3.95(95 ratings)
3.95(95 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDDrawing on his Roman Catholic background, personal interviews with Catholics and Evangelicals, and years of research, Chris Castaldo takes readers on a fascinating and practical exploration of the challenges and opportunities encountered byDrawing on his Roman Catholic background, personal interviews with Catholics and Evangelicals, and years of research, Chris Castaldo takes readers on a fascinating and practical exploration of the challenges and opportunities encountered by Catholics who become Evangelicals. He examines the five major reasons why Christ’s followers often leave the Catholic Church, and shows how to emulate Jesus in practical ways when engaging Catholic friends and family. And, with humor and authenticity, he shares his own faith journey in order to help readers understand and work through their own.For those who are tired of scratching their head in confusion or frustration about how their Catholic background may influence their walk with Jesus, and why on earth their Catholic family believes they’ve gone off the deep end, Holy Ground offers vast insight and practical help. More than providing historical perspective, theological reflection, and practical lessons, it shows readers how to emulate the grace and truth of Jesus Christ in relating to the Catholic people whom they love.
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The Pope’s Last Crusade
- By: Peter Eisner
- Narrator: Rick Adamson
- Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 19, 2013
- Language: English
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3.85(181 ratings)
3.85(181 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDDrawing on untapped resources, exclusive interviews, and new archival research, The Pope’s Last Crusade by Peter Eisner is a thrilling narrative that sheds new light on Pope Pius XI’s valiant effort to condemn Nazism and the policies ofDrawing on untapped resources, exclusive interviews, and new archival research, The Pope’s Last Crusade by Peter Eisner is a thrilling narrative that sheds new light on Pope Pius XI’s valiant effort to condemn Nazism and the policies of the Third Reich–a crusade that might have changed the course of World War II.
A shocking tale of intrigue and suspense, illustrated with sixteen pages of archival photos, The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler illuminates this religious leader’s daring yet little-known campaign, a spiritual and political battle that would be derailed by Pius’s XIs death just a few months later. Peter Eisner reveals how Pius XI intended to unequivocally reject Nazism in one of the most unprecedented and progressive pronouncements ever issued by the Vatican, and how a group of conservative churchmen plotted to prevent it.
For years, only parts of this story have been known. Eisner offers a new interpretation of this historic event and the powerful figures at its center in an essential work that provides thoughtful insight and raises controversial questions impacting our own time.
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Pope John Paul II
- By: Tad Szulc
- Narrator: Josef Sommer
- Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1995
- Language: English
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3.84(73 ratings)
3.84(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDA comprehensive and exclusive biography on one of the most pivotal figures of the 20th century: Pope John Paul II.As the spiritual head of more than one billion Catholics and a world statesman of immense stature and influence, Pope John Paul II wasA comprehensive and exclusive biography on one of the most pivotal figures of the 20th century: Pope John Paul II.
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As the spiritual head of more than one billion Catholics and a world statesman of immense stature and influence, Pope John Paul II was a major international figure. Yet he remained a mystery‚Äîtheologically, politically, and personally. Through unprecedented access to both the Pope himself and those close to him, veteran New York Times correspondent and award-winning author Tad Szulc delivered the definitive biography of John Paul II. This strikingly intimate portrait highlights the Polishness that shapes the Pope’s mysticism and pragmatism, while providing a behind-the-scenes look at the significant events of his public and private life.
Fascinating and thought-provoking, this biography of Pope John Paul II is vital reading not only for Roman Catholics, but for anyone interested in one of the most important figures of our time. -
The Vatican Diaries
- By: John Thavis
- Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.68(1296 ratings)
3.68(1296 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA revealing inside look at one of the world’s most powerful and 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 theA revealing inside look at one of the world’s most powerful and 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 him a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it first appears. Thavis reveals Vatican City as a place where Curia cardinals fight private wars, scandals threaten to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past is continually upended by the practical considerations of modern life.
Thavis takes listeners from a bell tower high above St. Peter’s to the depths of the basilica and the saint’s burial place, from the politicking surrounding the election of a new pope and the ever-growing sexual abuse scandals around the world to controversies about the Vatican’s stand on contraception and more.
Perceptive, sharply written, and witty, The Vatican Diaries will appeal not only to Catholics–lapsed as well as devout–but to anyone interested in international diplomacy and the role of religion in an increasingly secularized world.
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The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis
- By: Garry Wills
- Narrator: Michael Kramer
- Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.54(135 ratings)
3.54(135 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDNew York Times bestselling historian Garry Wills takes on a pressing question in modern religion–will Pope Francis embrace change? Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can heNew York Times bestselling historian Garry Wills takes on a pressing question in modern religion–will Pope Francis embrace change?
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he?
Garry Wills argues that changes have been the evidence of life in the Catholic Church. It has often changed, sometimes with bad consequences, more often with good–good enough to make it perdure. In this brilliant and incisive study, he gives seven examples of deep and serious changes that have taken place within the last century. None of them was effected by the pope all by himself.
As Wills contends, it is only by examining the history of the church that we can understand the challenges facing both it and Francis, and as history shows, any changes that meet those challenges will have impact only if the church, the people of God, support them. In reading the church’s history, Wills considers the lessons Pope Francis seems to have learned. The challenge that Francis offers the church is its ability to undertake new spiritual adventures, making it a poor church for the poor, after the example of Jesus.
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Absolute Power
- By: Paul Collins
- Narrator: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 14 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 27, 2018
- Language: English
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3.51(44 ratings)
3.51(44 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by theThe sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority
In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished.
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In this gripping narrative of religious and political history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. In a strange contradiction, as the papacy has lost its physical power — its armies and states — and remained stubbornly opposed to the currents of social and scientific consensus, it has only increased its influence and political authority in the world.
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