Summary: Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD POPNoble, 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 262.13 POPLewis, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amber Books 2011
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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 SEEShriver, 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.
Format: text
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.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017