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Morris West
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1959
Language
English
Description
The Devil's Advocate, Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacamo Nerone has inspired talk of sainthood. Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigateand to try to untangle the web of facts, rumors, and outright lies that surround Nerone's life and death. With spiritual frailty as...
Author
Series
Vatican trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Toby Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The pope has died, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded - with a surprise result. The new pope is the youngest cardinal of all - and a Russian. Shoes of the Fisherman slowly unravels the heartwarming and profound story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Iron Curtain to lead the Catholic Church and...
Author
Publisher
S. French
Pub. Date
c1961.
Language
English
Description
A dazzling, intellectual detection story about a dying priest who is sent, by his superiors, in the role of the devil's advocate to investigate and, if possible, discredit a dead man's claim to sanctity. The man was an Italian patriot who was beaten by the communists and finally killed by the Nazis. Miracles are attributed to him. Was he a holy man, or a sinner? He was, it turns out, a bit of both.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005.
Language
English
Description
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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