Lewis, Brenda Ralph.
Summary: From the string of Popes who were poisoned, deposed and mutilated by rivals for the papacy in the early middle ages, to the controversial neutrality of Pope Pius XXII during World War II, Dark history of the Popes reveals many of the scandals and secrets of the pontiffs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amber Books 2011
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Summary: Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI himself, this first volume of an authoritative biography follows the early life of the future Pope, from his days growing up in Germany and his conscription into the Hitler Youth duringWorld War II to his career as an academic theologian and eventual Archbishop of Munich.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENEDICT XVI, POPE SEECastro, Emanuel
Summary: "In 2013, the white smoke of the Vatican announced to the world the election of the first Latin American Pope. That day, Father Jorge became Francis, but a few weeks earlier, he was walking the streets of his native Buenos Aires, always close to the needy. Discover the origins of the man who, with his example of humility and love, may change the Church, and perhaps the whole world." -- from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRASeewald, Peter
Summary: "Emeritus Pope Benedict commands both adulation and unremitting criticism. To millions, he remains a beacon of light in a turbulent modern world. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story runs from the Second Vatican Council (1965-8) right up to the present day. We see how Benedict was influenced by the Council and the ensuing political unrest all over Europe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENEDICT XVI, POPE SEESummary: Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD POPShriver, Mark K. (Mark Kennedy)
Summary: "A portrait of Pope Francis and his faith draws on interviews with the men and women who knew him as a child, before he became a priest, or during his years as a bishop, sharing additional insights into the individuals who helped shape his beliefs,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FRANCIS SHRWilley, David
Summary: A BBC correspondent and an expert on the Vatican describes Pope Francis' first two years as pope and speculates what the future might hold for the unique man selected to head the Roman Catholic Church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FRANCIS, POPE WilKramer, Barbara
Summary: Meet Pope Francis. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Pope from the Americas. He's also the first Pope to replace a living one! Learn all about the Pontiff in this Level 1 reader, carefully leveled for an early independent reading or read aloud experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KRASpinner, Stephanie
Summary: Describes the life and career of the 266th pope, including his early life in Argentina, his decision at sixteen to become a priest, and his work to help end poverty and aid United States and Cuban relations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRANoble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Lectures study the reason for the Catholic Church's papacy, how popes are chosen, and what kind of men have filled the office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 262.13 POPSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUHarris, Robert
Summary: The Pope is dead. Behind locked doors of the Sistine chapel, 118 cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men, but they are men of the world, and they have rivals. And over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARSummary: All eyes are focused on the Vatican, hoping to see the puffs of white smoke signaling the selection of the next Pope, but this time, much more is at stake, for the new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHOPatterson, James
Summary: "St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PATFrancis
Summary: "Turning the pages of the precious book that is life, Pope Francis leads us along a path made of emotions, joys, and agonies: a window on the past that will allow us to better understand our present"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCIS, POPE FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B POPE FRANCIS POPDuhamel, Marie
Summary: "From the moment he was elected into the papacy, Pope Francis has captured the attention of the world with his humility, charisma, and reformist spirit. This one-of-a-kind, illustrated biography of the first Jesuit pope offers more than 250 photographs and 50 removable documents from Francis's life. Written by Vatican Radio reporter Marie Duhamel, this intimate portrait includes his parents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 FRANCIS, POPE DUHJohn Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 282.092 JOHClancy, Tom
Summary: In a lethal game of cat-and-mouse that is the Soviet Union versus the United States, the Pope's life is in danger, as is the stability of the Western world. Jack Ryan is at the center of the action, but it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about the conflict. This is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CLAKertzer, David I.
Summary: Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification of Italy and to seize control of Rome and the Papal States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.63 KERNoonan, Peggy
Summary: During his nearly three decades of service, Pope John Paul II became the most recognized person in the world. He upheld many of the traditional values of the Catholic Church while also showing his progressive nature through his lifelong concern for the poor and suffering people of the world. The entire world mourned when he passed away in April of 2005, but he left an extraordinary legacy that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 282.09 POPE JOHN PAUL NooSummary: This documentary focuses on the thought that gave coherence to the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a thought that led him to become the new Supreme Pontiff and that ushers in a new era for the Catholic Church and the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Brokers 2013
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Bernstein, Carl
Summary: "His Holiness is at once compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography. John Paul II, elected as the first non-Italian pope in five hundred years, readily used his global pulpit to speak out on behalf of human rights and those who were ignored by other world leaders--whether politically or economically oppressed, whether in the Communist or non-Communist world. Born in a small Polish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OSBTobin, Greg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2001