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Pope Francis: The People's Pope

Beatrice Gormley

Bea Gormley tells the story of Pope Francis, known as the People’s Pope, who has humbly said, “My people are poor and I am one of them.” Ordained as Pope on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis became the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic ...

Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic

Conor Pope

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system.

Up the Republic!: Towards a New Ireland

Conor Pope

In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists and writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration and a decline in living standards ...

Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic ...

Conor Pope

This is, as Fintan O'Toole writes, 'a good old-fashioned jeremiad about the bastards who got us into this mess'. It is an entertaining, passionate story of one of the most ignominious economic reversals in recent history.

Stop Wasting Your Money '09: Smart Ways Around the Recession

Conor Pope

A practical, easy-to-read and well-categorised guide which will save readers substantial sums of money every year - enough to pay for a holiday abroad.

Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children ...

Pope Francis

In Dear Pope Francis, Pope Francis gives them that chance and celebrates their spiritual depth by directly answering questions from children around the world.

The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence

Terence Brown

Dr Muiris Houston wrote on medical matters, Conor Pope on consumer affairs. Newspapers needed, too, young recruits who appreciated how the media had acquired responsibilities with power, alert to media manipulation in the era of the ...

Songdogs: A Novel

Colum McCann

With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor ...

To Kill The Pope: An Ecclesiastical Thriller

Tad Szulc

To Kill the Pope is a fictional treatment of the real-life assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. In the course of researching his acclaimed biography of the Pope, Tad Szulc uncovered the truth about the conspiracy.

Commentaries: Books III-IV

Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II Margaret Meserve, Marcello Simonetta. BOOK. III. The opening of the congress. The pope's first oration. Bianca departs. On the first of June, the day the congress was set to begin, the 1 pope came out of the palace and went to ...

Pope Francis: First Pope from the Americas

Stephanie Watson

Learn more about his beliefs and hobbiesincluding his interests in soccer and tango dancing. Find out the true story behind the man who became the 266th pope.

Pope's Imitations of Horace and the Roman satirists

John Barry Dalsant

Nunc agi 1 is f io, & mersor civil ibus undis , Virtutis verae Custos, rigidusque satelles Nunc in Aristippi furtim praecepta re labor Et mihi res , non me rebus , submi ttere conor . (I am not bound over to swear as any master dictates; wherever the ...

Essays in Literature and Ethics

William Anderson O'Conor

William Anderson O'Conor, and are fairly representative of his intellectual powers whilst not exhaustive of the material placed at the disposal of the editor. Should the present volume be received with favour, there are sufficient uncollected ...

The Same Age as the State

Máire O'Brien

" "Then she met and married Conor Cruise O'Brien, a rising star at the UN. Therafter, her life took her to the Congo, Ghana, Europe and America, where Conor worked both academically and politically in highly dramatic situations.

Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads

Chris Lowney

TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year: Pope Francis Learn about the First Jesuit Pope from America’s Leading Jesuit Publisher “Pope Francis by Chris Lowney is that rare and splendid work that leaves you keenly excited and spiritually ...

The Message of John Paul I.

Pope John Paul I

He was not to be a Pope of compromise. No, his program was to continue the work of his two predecessors whose names he chose for his own. This small volume contains a brief profile of his life and his 27 addresses as Pope.

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR, etc. Once (says an Author, where I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their way ; Both fierce, both hungry; the dispute grew strong, While Scale in hand ...

A Passionate Adventure: Living the Catholic Faith Today

Pope John Paul I

This book is a celebration of the life and spirituality of Pope John Paul I, the 33-day Pope, published for the 35th anniversary of his election.

The works of mr. Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope. All bail ! Ye virgin daughters of the main ; iU Ye streams , beyond my Hopes beheld again/ To you once more your own Ulyjfes bows, Attend his transports, and receive his vows. If Jove prolong my days , and Pallas crown The ...

Pope Francis: Transforming the Catholic Church

The Associated Press

Australian Cardinal George Pell arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican. Pope Francis marked his first month as pope on April 13, 2013 by naming nine highranking prelates from around the globe to a permanent advisory group to help him run the ...

Alexander Pope

Paul Baines

Alexander Pope is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide which: * offers information on Pope's life, contexts and works * outline the major critical issues surrounding his works, from the time they were written to the present *explains the ...