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1) Novitiate
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Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church, and sexuality.
2) Doubt
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1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
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The dangerous streets of Nanjing throw together a group of opposites, a flock of shell-shocked schoolchildren, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks, all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last ditch plan to protect the children from impending...
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John Buerlen's, pastor at St. Mary Magdalen's Catholic Church, world is turned upside down when a beautiful call girl confesses that she is going to kill herself on her birthday in less than a month. In search of this mystery woman, John is tempted by a dark wave of the city's peep shows and brothels as Linda's life is at stake.
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En ¿Quién soy yo para jugar?el Papa Francisco nos invita a poner en práctica una de las grandes enseñanzas de Jesús:"No juzguen para que no sean juzgados. Por la manera con que juzgáis, seréis juzgados, y con la misma medida con que mides a otros, serás medido". En estas páginas, el Santo Padre reflexiona sobre temas de actualidad social como sexualidad, unión libre, homosexualismo, familias en crisis, eutanasia, aborto y anticonceptivos;...
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Publicación volume no. 5-828
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Español
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Presents the doctrine of the Catholic Church, organized around the baptismal profession of faith, the sacraments, the commandments, and the prayer of the believers; and also includes a glossary, an index of texts, and an analytical index.
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Italiano
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Based on the historical records and the personal testimony of his fellow friars, this is the amazing true story of the life of the famous stigmatic monk who died in 1968. Blessed with incredible spiritual gifts, including healing, bi-location, reading of souls, and the stigmatic wounds, Padre Pio was a powerful witness for Christ, and a great spiritual guide to countless souls for over fifty years.
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In El Salvador in the late '70s, one man was the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, and the disappeared, all struggling under the corrupt Salvadoran government. Appointed Archbishop in early 1977, Monsenor Oscar Romero worked tirelessly and in constant personal peril until the day he was assassinated in March of 1980. Romero broke off ties with the military and aligned himself with the poor, delivering messages of hope in weekly sermons which...
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"La "Madre Teresa de Calcuta" cuya misión era ayudar a " los más pobres de entre los pobres", no solo era una gran luz y un inmenso apoyo social, sino que era también una gran mística. Esta historia nos muestra la faceta mística de la obra de la Madre Teresa en plena acción, pues la obra que ella dejó en la tierra, sigue con vida a través de numerosos religiosos y laicos que nos muestran, que con cada acción realizada con amor, la vida toma...
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"La Madre Teresa eligió servir a los más pobres de los pobres, siendo la ternura y la comprensión las bases de la caridad que ella entendió que debía llevar a todos en nombre de Jesús. ¿Qué es para la Madre Teresa la misericordia? ¿Cómo podemos llevar el amor de Dios a los más pobres y hacer que la misericordia sea un pilar de nuestro día a día? Un llamado a la misericordia responde a estas preguntas y presenta, mediante una selección...
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Pope Francis has captured the world's attention with his seemingly counterintuitive approach to leadership. In "The Church of Mercy, " readers get a first-hand look at Pope Francis's vision of the good news of Christian hope and mercy. Designed for a broad readership, "The Church of Mercy" is a compilation of essays, speeches, and homilies by Pope Francis since his election on being a church that exists among and for the people, solidarity with the...
18) Romero
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A compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country. Special features included.
19) Secreto Vaticano
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Por primera vez en 600 años un sumo pontífice renuncia a su cargo en vida. Benedicto XVI asegura que su decisión fue tomada debido a su avanzada edad. La realidad es que recibió amenazas de muerte. Posteriormente, Pío del Rosario es reclutado para la misión de inteligencia más arriesgada y trascendente que se haya llevado a cabo dentro del Vaticano: descubrir quién forzó la renuncia de Benedicto XVI, y quién y por qué atentó contra la...
20) Juan Pablo II
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20 años pontificado: su vocación; el Papa y el comunismo; Juan Pablo II y Mikhail Gorbachev; el Papa y Fidel Castro: Viaje a Cuba; Juan Pablo II en la busqueda de la conciliación; Juan Pablo II y comunidad Judía; el Papa y el mundo en cambio.
Discusses John Paul's vocation; the Pope and communism; the meeting between John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev; the meeting between John Paul II and Fidel Castro; the Pope and Judaism.