The Deep Church Revealed - An Enemy Within by John F McManus

Paperback: This book, written by a prominent and well known Catholic American, is the product of almost seventy years of close observation and deep study in a turbulent world of rapid change and degradation of church and society.

Recently, the courageous Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò published an acknowledgment of the problems discussed in this book in his now world famous Open Letter to President Trump where he spoke of Freemasonry and the ‘deep church’. Because that letter appeared as this book was going to press, The Deep Church Revealed was added to the original title as a fitting description of its content.

The revealing begins with a description of the Enlightenment philosophers and their anti-Catholic hatred, and the author proceeds from there to detail in forty-one astonishing chapters the story of how those men and the organizations they inspired grew and and spread their pernicious doctrines throughout the world and the Church.

The plans that these Freemasonic organizations laid were remarkably successful, even though vigorously opposed by every Pope for over 200 years. “An enemy hath done this,” Our Lord said in the parable of the wheat and the cockles. Truly, this can be said today of the situation in His Church. The holy and vigilant Padre Pio told Fr Luigi Villa in 1963 when he assigned Fr Villa the task of exposing these enemies “Courage, courage, courage! For the Church is already invaded by Freemasonry that has already reached the Pope’s slippers.”

We are thankful to Mr McManus for telling this story briefly, succinctly, and with unbounded love for our Holy Mother the Church. He advises us, like Saint Peter, “Be sober and watchful, for your adversary the devil goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Whom ye should resist, fortes in fide.”

Table of Contents:

Loreto Editor’s Preface..................................................................

Introduction: Catholicism’s Numbers Shrinking Dramatically......

Chapter 1: Christ Started Only One Church................................

Chapter 2: “Enlightenment” Wreaks Its Havoc............................

Chapter 3: Voltaire Leads Unwary Away From the Church..........

Chapter 4: Harmful Contributions of Rousseau and Diderot.......

Chapter 5: Tolerance Becomes Dominant, Truth and Norms Jettisoned...............................................................................

Chapter 6: Freemasonry Spawns the Illuminati............................

Chapter 7: Illuminati Establishes a Base in America.....................

Chapter 8: France Overwhelmed by 1789 Revolution..................

Chapter 9: Emergence of The Carbonari; Its Instructions to Followers................................................................................

Chapter 10: Letter of Piccolo Tigre..............................................

Chapter 11: Rise of Giuseppe Mazzini; Creation of Young Italy...

Chapter 12: The Heroic Pope Pius IX..........................................

Chapter 13: Reign of Pope Leo XIII; Elevation of Cardinal Rampolla................................................................................

Chapter 14: Cardinal Rampolla’s Bid to Become Pope Blocked; Pius X Elected........................................................................

Chapter 15 Pope Pius X and Cardinal Merry del Val....................

Chapter 16: Death of Pius X; Election of Benedict XV Opens the Door for More Subversion......................................................

Chapter 17: Attack on Charles Maurras and L’Action Française.....

Chapter 18: Mexico’s Valiant Christeros Betrayed.........................

Chapter 19: A New Group of Revolutionaries..............................

Chapter 20: Infestation of Rampolla Acolytes; Montini Stature Grows....................................................................................

Chapter 21: This Author’s Learning Experience in Paris...............

Chapter 22: Rise of Pacelli and Emergence of Chardin and Maritain

Chapter 23: Pius XII Attacked Hitler, Saved Jews, Was Silent about Communism..........................................................................

Chapter 24: Pius XII Initiated Dogmatic and Liturgical Revisions

Chapter 25: Roncalli Given Several Posts; Enters Masonry...........

Chapter 26: Curious 1958 Conclave Picks Roncalli; Vatican II Council Announced...............................................................

Chapter 27: Liturgical Revolution Led by Bugnini, Sanctioned by Paul VI...................................................................................

Chapter 28: What Did Bugnini Create - and Paul VI Approve?....

Chapter 29: Pope Paul VI’s Curious Reference to “Smoke of Satan”

Chapter 30: Death of John XXIII; Papacy of Paul VI; 121 Named as Masons...............................................................................

Chapter 31: Father Leonard Feeney Betrayed; Fundamental Dogma Shelved......................................................................

Chapter 32: Father Luigi Villa Receives Assignment from Padre Pio.........................................................................................

Chapter 33: Vatican Council II Dominated by Pope Paul VI........

Chapter 34: More About Paul VI.................................................

Chapter 35: Portrait Laden with Masonic Imagery Accepted by Paul VI...................................................................................

Chapter 36: Death of Paul VI; Conclave Selects John Paul I.........

Chapter 37: New Conclave Chooses Poland’s Cardinal Wojtyla...

Chapter 38: Cardinal Ratzinger Becomes Benedict XVI...............

Chapter 39: Cardinal Bergoglio Becomes Pope Francis.................

Chapter 40: Our Lady of Fatima, Pray For Us..............................

Chapter 41: Calling On All Catholics..........................................

Appendix A: Athanasian Creed.....................................................

Appendix B: The Salvation Doctrine............................................

Appendix C: Salve Regina.............................................................

Appendix D: Saint Michael Prayer...............................................

Apendix E: The Oath Against Modernism....................................

Appendix F: Catholic Obedience.................................................

Index............................................................................................

Sources.........................................................................................

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About the author: John F McManus is a lifelong Catholic who grieves about what has happened within the Catholic Church. Educated by committed Catholic parents and by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, he then studied at two Jesuit-run institutions: Brooklyn Preparatory School (Brooklyn, New York) and Holy Cross College (Worcester, Massachusetts). At Holy Cross in 1957, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Physics and a commission as a Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps. He wrote two small pamphlets analyzing what had happened to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: "About the Changes in the Mass" (1970) and "Questioning the New Mass" (1971) but even though tens of thousands of these easily reproduced and alarming works went to individuals throughout the United States and in several foreign lands, it did not succeed in bringing about any return of the Mass revered by millions that had marked the Church from its foundation. In 1982, the monthly journal From The Housetops published by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary featured his article entitled "Catholic Obedience," a summary of the Catholic Church's proper attitude about the topic. This article helped many confused and worried Catholics understand that blind obedience was un-Catholic. It even helped some priests to realise that obedience cannot supersede dogma.

Before I Start Writing

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

Hardback: Wish you were here? Think again.

Maggie, Liz, Helena & Joni. Old friends bound by history, adventures, old secrets.

And now, bound by murder.

They lace up their hiking boots for the adventure of a lifetime in the Norwegian wilderness: a place of towering mountains, glass-like lakes, log cabins and forests stolen from a fairytale.

But there is a darker side to the wilderness. A woman went missing here one year ago, scarring the mountain with suspicion and unanswered questions.

Now, the friends are hiking into the heart of the mystery. And waiting on the trail is someone who would do anything to keep their secrets buried – and to stop the group walking away alive.

The Hike (2023) was a Sunday Times bestseller for the week ending 7 May 2023.

About the author: Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of eight destination thrillers, which include Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, and Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls. Lucy’s novels have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and are published in over twenty territories worldwide.

No Escape has been filmed as a major international TV series for Paramount+ due for release in 2023, and three further novels are currently in development for screen.

When Lucy is not away on research trips (her favourite part of the job!), she can be found writing from a beach hut on the south coast of England. She lives with her husband and their two children.

Rating: 4/5

Modern Nations

Slaying Dragons II - The Rise Of The Occult: What Exorcists & Former Occultists Want You To Know by Charles D Fraune

Paperback: For this purpose, the Son of God appeared, that He might destroy the works of the devil. - 1 John 3:8

Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know (2023) is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, and to the glorious and triumphant Archangel, Saint Michael.

For even the casual observer, it is evident that the world, nearly as a whole, is unmoored from obedience to Almighty God. The number of sins, many of which “cry to Heaven for vengeance,” which saturate the culture and the personal lives of the common man are legion, both in their breadth and in their diabolical quality. This spiritual depravity has invited, into the light of day, the Enemy who has always been working in darkness.

The Rise of the Occult (2023) presents to the reader an analysis of this emergence of the Enemy, in which Satan has found it to be the time to stir men back to idolatry, superstition, and ritualised hedonism. Witchcraft, Wicca, magic, Satanism, the New Age, astrology, Yoga, manifesting, and all of its countless variations are captivating the minds of modern men for whom the One True God has either been hidden or has been dismissed in favour of the annihilation of morality. It is this moral autonomy, in which man is “free” to “do as thou wilt,” which is the calling card of all forms of occult practice.

In The Rise of the Occult, by the author of the best-selling spiritual warfare book, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, the reader will learn:

- Where is the occult present in the culture today?

- How is the occult luring people, especially the youth, to embrace it?

- What are the real dangers of even minor dabbling in occult practices?

- Are demons truly active in all forms of occult practice, even witchcraft?

- How does a person escape the prison which the demons create for occultists?

These questions, and more, will be answered as the reader hears from former occultists, priests (exorcists and pastors) who have helped them, families who have lost children or parents to the occult, and those who have seen the evil spread of the occult amidst their daily activities.

"Our modern technological time, which boasts itself of having achieved the peak of freedom, is in effect languishing in an enormous slavery to Satan. The open display of signs of satanism, and the impudent acts of revolt and blasphemy against God’s created order and against Jesus Christ, have increased to a quasi-apocalyptic degree. Satan, the deceiver, offers to men his products of fake happiness and peace. The price and the means of these fake goods is occultism with its varied and sometimes seemingly harmless practices. With his valuable book Charles D Fraune unmasks the widespread occult practices, which have crept even into the life of the Church. This book represents a necessary and salutary warning cry against the demonic deceptions of our day and, at the same time, it points to the only valid and efficacious means of spiritual healing and liberation which Jesus Christ left His Church, the only institution here on earth against which the gates of hell will not prevail." + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Mary in Astana

About the author: Charles D Fraune is an author, teacher, and speaker with a Master of Arts in Theology and an Advanced Apostolic Catechetical Diploma. He is the author of the best-selling spiritual warfare book: Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know. He has also published Swords and Shadows: Navigating Youth Amidst the Wiles of Satan and Come Way By Yourselves: A Guide to Prayer for Busy Catholics. His website is www.SlayingDragonsPress.com.

Spare Us! A Harrody by Bruno Vincent

Hardback: Do not begin your book with a serious quotation, it doesn't make you sound more clever. - Julius Caesar

He was born into an ancient powerful dynasty and, through no fault of his own, became one of the most recognisable men on the planet.

His life was a constant barrage of press intrusion and manipulation. 

Until finally, he demanded that it stop. 

In order to get the privacy he so craved, he has written a frostbite-and-all book that goes deep inside the castle walls and exposes every shouting match, fist-fight, betrayal, teddy bear, awkward hug and tear-stained wedding rehearsal for the world to feast their eyes on.

All for privacy! 

This is his story.

Spare Us! A Harrody (2023) is an exceptionally hilarious 112-page parody of Prince Harry's memoir.

About the author: Bruno Vincent was born in 1980. He was a bookseller and book editor before he was an author. His humour books for grown-ups, co-authored with Jon Butler, were national bestsellers and have been translated into seven languages. The Tumblewater books are his first for children. Vincent lives in London.

Rating: 4/5

The Rest Of The Story: A Summary Of The Life And Times Of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre by Bernard Tissier de Mallerais

Paperback: "I am convinced that the Archbishop will occupy a major position in the history of post-conciliar Catholicism. The reason I believe this is that he had the courage and foresight to take the practical steps to preserve the traditional Faith." - Michael Davies, 1979

For nearly two thousand years the Catholic Mass was said in the same manner everywhere in the western world, regardless of nation or nationality. But in the 20th century that ceased to be true. 

Profound changes that had begun far earlier culminated in the Second Vatican Council and the creation of a new theology, the effect of which was a new form of worship. 

Up until this point in history, few laymen had ever heard the story of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Fewer still knew that he was a missionary in the fields of Africa, Bishop of Dakar, Apostolic Delegate to West Africa, or even that he was appointed as the head of the international priestly order of the Holy Ghost Fathers. How he became known as a conservative leader and a voice for all those looking to oppose modernism was known by fewer still. 

This is that story.

The Rest of the Story (2021) is an essential book for the Catholic readers of today as it provides a brief historical and liturgical-political backdrop for some of the most pivotal events of the 20th century - the effects of which we, as Catholics, are still experiencing today. While those who have read the near-700-page biography by the same author will not find anything new in this book, they will find the topics covered here much more accessible in this shortened format. If you are looking to learn more about Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who he was, why he took action and the enormous effect his actions have had - this is the book you need to read.

The Rest of the Story is translated from the French by Michael J Miller.

About the author: Bernard Tissier de Mallerais FSSPX is a French Traditionalist bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X.

About the translator: Michael J Miller is an academic (MPhil in Comparative Literature from Yale Graduate School) and literary translator. He is the sole owner and operator at Skladach Translations. He has translated several dozen books from German, French, Italian and Latin for academic and Catholic publishers and regularly translates news and articles for three websites.

Novelty

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Hardback: Pineapple Street (2023) is a wryly funny and compassionate story of love, family and class.

This excellent debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one who wants to give it all away.

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded Stockton family, has never had to worry about money. She followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood, sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. 

Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. 

And Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can't (and really shouldn't) have, and must confront the kind of person she wants to be.

Shot through with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist debut novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognisable, loveable - if fallible - characters, it is about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love - all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.

About the author: Jenny Jackson is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, Jenny lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Pineapple Street is her first novel.

Rating: 5/5

Crossing the Desert: Interview with Malachi Martin

Paperback: Crossing the Desert: Interview with Malachi Martin (2012) is the defining work about the angels and the influence of the supernatural in our lives. A Catholic survival manual!

Crossing the Desert: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1998, were the final instalment of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, The Kingdom of Darkness, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Catholicism Overturned, The Deserted Vineyard, The Tempter's Hour and Peter in Chains, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

The Tempter's Hour: Interview with Malachi Martin

Paperback: In The Tempter's Hour: Interview with Malachi Martin (2011), Malachi Martin states that the history of the Church will mirror the life of Jesus Christ. Today, the stage of life that the Church is going through is its passion, suffering and crucifixion.

The Tempter's Hour: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1997, were the seventh of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, The Kingdom of Darkness, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Catholicism Overturned, The Deserted Vineyard, Peter in Chains and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

Eternal War: Interview with Malachi Martin

Paperback: Eternal War: Interview with Malachi Martin (2020, Third Printing) provides insights into the new world order, the current conflicts in the Middle East and the crisis in the Catholic Church. An eye-opener!

In The Eternal War, Father Martin discusses in-depth topics such as same-sex marriages and the crisis of the priesthood. He foresaw future conflicts and the outlines of the new world order. By basing his analysis of world events on eternal verities, Father Martin also foresaw the failure of the new world order. Speaking about the new world order, he said, "It is the rule of man alone and that has no blessing!" Father Martin was able to see what today's world leaders cannot, that it is futile to attempt to build a stable political order without God.

Speaking about liberal churchmen, Father Martin said, "If you lose your faith, if you become an apostate, you don't know that you have lost it... So, you can lose your faith and the curse is that God doesn't let you know that you have lost it." Implicit in these words is a warning for all of us. We must be vigilant in guarding our faith against the preternatural spirits and their human servants. Let us pray unceasingly, stay with the traditional beliefs and practices of our faith and work for the restoration of all things in Jesus Christ.

Eternal War: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1991, were the second of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. These interviews are still available in CD format from Triumph Communications. The other seven books in this series are: Peter in Chains, The Kingdom of Darkness, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Catholicism Overturned, The Deserted Vineyard, The Tempter's Hour and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net. 

A Job

I'm Unvaccinated And That's OK! by Dr Shannon Kroner

Hardback: I'm Unvaccinated and That's OK! (18 July 2023) is the story of an unvaccinated child named Nicholas Novaks, who shares the many reasons why his parents have chosen not to vaccinate him. Nicholas explains his parents' personal concerns about vaccine injury, the importance of finding a doctor they can trust and openly speak with, the research they did before making this decision, and what life is like for an unvaccinated child who has an older, vaccine-injured sibling.

Inspired by the personal stories of vaccine-injured children, which have been shared with Dr. Shannon Kroner over many years of working with special needs families, Dr. Kroner aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccine choice and the necessity of doing the research before making an important decision such as vaccination.

Join Nicholas as he shares what it means to be an unvaccinated child in today's world and why one's personal choice regarding vaccination must always be respected.

I'm Unvaccinated and That's OK! is wonderfully illustrated by Manfred Calderón. The 32-page book will be released on 18 July 2023 but one can pre-order it now on Amazon UK/USA and various online book sellers such as saxo.com. It is also available as an ebook.

About the author: Dr Shannon Kroner has a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and a master's degree in Special Education. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled, "Childhood Vaccinations: The Development of an Educational Manual," provides a psychological viewpoint of the ways in which parents make decisions regarding vaccinations for their children.

When Dr Kroner first began working with special needs families in 2001, she discovered many parents sharing similar stories about their children's disabilities having occurred shortly after receiving a vaccine. Then, in 2009, while pregnant, Dr Kroner personally suffered a vaccine injury after receiving a "preservative-free" flu shot. Believing it was safer than others because it was "preservative-free," she received the vaccine, but suffered a serious reaction that landed her in the emergency room. Upon hearing so many personal vaccine injury stories and then experiencing her own adverse reaction, Dr Kroner decided it was time to seriously research vaccines.

Following vaccine mandate laws that removed both religious and medical exemptions in California, Dr. Kroner founded the organization, Freedom of Religion-United Solutions (FOR-US) in 2019. Serving as its executive director, she has united faith leaders of many faiths to protect the religious freedom of vaccine choice and has helped thousands of individuals obtain religious vaccine exemptions.

As a public speaker, advocate, author, wife, and mother, Dr Kroner understands the importance of protecting vaccine choice and educating today's children as they pave the way towards a brighter tomorrow. 

For more information on Dr Kroner, please visit her website www.drshannonkroner.com

About the illustrator: Manfred Calderón has been an artist and illustrator for most of his life. Born and raised in Costa Rica, he often draws inspiration for his art from the natural beauty of his country. Fluent in both Spanish and English, Manfred has taught high school art and English classes. He has also authored and illustrated a number of other children's books including one about his pet cat.

The House Of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

Hardback: 'Fact and fiction are so intermingled in my work that now, looking back on it, I can hardly distinguish one from the other.' - Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up

It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert’s, comes to stay.

Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley’s friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.

As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.

From Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors (2023) is a masterful novel of public morality and private truth a century ago. Based on real events it is a drama of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire. The cover image of The House of Doors is courtesy of Tan Twan Eng.

Every word contained in the book is absolute poetry! Tan Twan Eng is a literary genius. - ChooseandBook 

About the author: Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. His debut novel, The Gift of Rain, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The House of Doors is his third novel.

Rating: 7/5

A Little Time

The Patristical Idea Of Antichrist (Kindle Edition) by John Henry Newman

Kindle: Just as the first coming of the Lord had its precursor, "so will the second," John Henry Newman said in four memorable sermons. If the first forerunner was Saint John the Baptist, the second will be much "more than an enemy of Christ, he will be the same image of Satan, the terrifying Antichrist". 

Newman's insights sound as if they were written today. In his lectures preached in the form of Sermons in Advent 1835, John Henry Newman warned that the naive Satan "promises civil liberty, promises equality, promises trade and wealth, promises reforms." He "makes fun of past times and all the institutions that represent them." And Newman went even further when he announced that there would be a real or fictitious "display of miracles", which could be "discoveries of science", which would strengthen the power of the Antichrist. Surely these words resonate with us today considering the world’s wide road in the 21st century.

This classic work includes the following lectures:

I. The Times of Antichrist

II. The Religion of Antichrist

III. The City of Antichrist

IV. The Persecution of Antichrist

About the author: John Henry Newman CO (1801-1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019. He is the fifth saint of the City of London, after Thomas Becket (born in Cheapside), Thomas More (born on Milk Street), Edmund Campion (son of a London bookseller) and Polydore Plasden (of Fleet Street). (Source: Wikipedia)

The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules For Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg

Hardback: Few families in history are as renowned as the Habsburgs, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. These enthralling pages provide glimpses into the lives of their esteemed members. The lessons that their lives teach will help guide your family in faith and will help you live in peaceful prosperity and grow in holiness. Their maxims could also provide a roadmap for healing the world we live in.

You will read about the Imperial House of Habsburg’s saints and heroes, sinners, assassinations, and affairs, and the impact that freemasonry, Jansenism, and the Enlightenment had on them and on all of Europe. With warmth and candor, Eduard Habsburg - a member of the family and archduke of Austria - shares insights about the Seven Principles (maxims) at the root of Habsburg thought, action, politics, and family life, along with:

1) The main ingredient for a stable marriage and how to create a deep bond between spouses

2) The secret and value to a happy and productive family life 

3) How the Habsburg’s Empire was different from “Star Wars”

4) Five dates to remember in Habsburg history and their significance

5) How to die like a royal (and it is not what you may think!)

You will learn the key role the Habsburgs played in the epic battles of Lepanto and Vienna and be inspired by exemplary Habsburgs such as Blessed Emperor Karl and Rudolf I, the first Habsburg ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, who helped a priest bring Viaticum to a dying man.

This astounding Habsburg history tells of the devout reign of Maria Theresia Habsburg-Lothringen, mother of sixteen children, who saved the family lands and organized pilgrimages and countrywide vigils in honour of Our Lady and the Blessed Sacrament. 

It describes how Emperor Charles V safeguarded the Faith and how Venerable Magdalena, archduchess, and later Ferdinand II, heroically countered the Reformation. You will marvel at how Leopold I led his people to the pinnacle of Catholic piety and almost became a priest. 

You will discover fascinating Habsburg family lore and the manner in which their marriages were arranged (even in utero!). And you will find out how they promoted subsidiarity and protected people from politicians - and the extraordinary relevance that has for us today.

Surely our world today be a better place if all of us, our societies and politicians, would study these Seven Rules for Turbulent Times and follow The Habsburg Way (2023).

About the author: Eduard Habsburg is Hungary's ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta. His family reigned in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Spain and quite a few other places. Also known as Archduke Eduard of Austria, he is a diplomat and social media personality. Eduard and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia von Gudenus, have six children. Eduard is the author of several books, including the children's book Dubbie: The Double-Headed Eagle; volumes on Thomas Aquinas, James Bond and Harry Potter; novels; and screenplays.

The Journey Of A Mother: The Diplomatic War Between India and Norway by Sagarika Chakraborty

Paperback: Every word of this story is a drop of my tears. - Sagarika Chakraborty

The Journey of a Mother: The Diplomatic War Between India and Norway (2022) is a harrowing narrative of a real-life heroine's experiences pertaining to unlawful practices in relation to the notorious and controversial Norway’s child welfare agency, Barnevernet, in 2011. 

Sagarika's book charts her extraordinary journey through an emotionally challenging marriage, settling in a new country and ultimately, having her children taken away without her knowledge or consent by a foreign government, and the long fight to get her children back against all odds. Her valiant struggle transformed her from a bewildered, terrified and traumatised young mother to a strong independent woman taking on the system with the unstinting support of her wonderful parents, Shikha and Monotosh Chakraborty. The dramatic unravelling case was famously dubbed the “Bhattacharya’s Child Custody Row”. 

At the end of 2021, there were over 9,900 children taken away from their parents into foster care in Norway, of which 37% were from immigrant families. While children must certainly have protection where there is clear evidence of sexual abuse and violence, activists in Norway and other European countries have flagged the utterly arbitrary and even racist approach of these agencies.

‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’, a movie chronicling the author's story for global audiences, is now showing on Netflix. 

About the author: Sagarika Chakraborty (1982) was born and raised in Kolkata, India. In 2007, she migrated to Norway with her husband, Anurup Bhattacharya, where they lived with their two children. After the Calcutta High Court gave her interim custody of the children in 2013, she successfully completed a degree in computer engineering and business management. Since then, she has been working in different multinational software companies to provide for herself and her children. Sagarika not only had to fight an entire system for her rights, but it inevitably created frictions in her relationship with her husband Anurup Bhattacharya and the two are currently separated. Sagarika is an example for every suffering maternal heart who has become a victim of conspiracy and the often cruel ways of the child protection services (CPS) in Western countries against families of immigrants from third-world countries.

A Nation That Is Afraid Of Its People

My Son Carlo: Carlo Acutis Through The Eyes Of His Mother (Religious Biography) by Antonia Salzano Acutis with Paolo Rodari

Paperback: Since he was beatified in 2020, Blessed Carlo Acutis has been the subject of widespread interest across the globe. The typical Italian teenager who lived a life of extraordinary virtue has captivated countless millions. And yet, even with the worldwide attention on this millennial saint, we are left wondering and wanting more. 

What was Blessed Carlo really like? 

How did he interact with those closest to him in daily life? 

What was it like to live in the same home as him?

In My Son Carlo (2023), Antonia Salzano Acutis shares for the first time the intimate, private moments of her son's life, including his final days in vivid detail before he died from leukemia at the age of 15. In her own words, Antonia shares stories and memories as a mother who lost her son too early but was forever shaped by his remarkable life. 

Blessed Carlo has quickly become a favourite patron in heaven, changing the lives of those who pray for his intercession. In this book, Antonia shares how Blessed Carlo desires to bring people to Jesus, like he did for her, helping her rekindle her faith: "This was his secret: that he had a constant, intimate relationship with Jesus. He wanted everyone he encountered to have this kind of relationship like he did. He did not consider it to be something just for him. He was convinced that this relationship was accessible to all."

My Son Carlo: Carlo Acutis Through The Eyes Of His Mother is translated from the book Il segreto di mio figlio (2021), now available in English for the first time.

About the authors: Antonia Salzano is the mother of the young Italian computer engineer, Blessed Carlo Acutis, who passed away at the age of 15 in 2006. Following the death of her son, Antonia became a prolific writer, chronicling the life of her son Blessed Carlo. She is married to Andrea Salzano, a notable Italian financial specialist. The couple live in Milan, Italy with their children. In April 2022, the first life-sized statue of Blessed Carlo in the United Kingdom was erected at Carfin Grotto, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Paolo Rodari is an Italian cultural journalist at Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) and writer. He read political science at the Catholic University of Milan. He was deputy editor at the Gruppo Athesis publishing group, a former correspondent at Repubblica, started a blog dedicated to foreign affairs and the Vatican which is read all over the world, amongst his resume. He has written several books for the main Italian publishing houses. The last one - La bambina che non sapeva odiare. La vera storia di Lidia Maksymowicz - is an international bestseller translated into twelve countries.

The Letters Of Saint Catherine Of Siena

Paperback: The Letters of Saint Catherine of Siena have become an Italian classic yet perhaps the first thing in them to strike a reader is their unliterary character. Her letters are the impetuous outpourings of the heart and mind of an unlettered daughter of the people, who was also as it happened, a genius and a saint. 

Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and other great writers of the Trecento (the fourteenth century), are all in one way or another intent on choice expression; Catherine, however, is intent solely on driving home what she has to say. 

Her letters were spoken rather than written. She learned to write only three years before her death, and even after this time was in the habit of dictating her correspondence, sometimes two or three letters at a time, to the noble youths who served her as secretaries. 

The Letters of Saint Catherine of Siena is translated from the Italian and edited with introduction by Vida D Scudder in 1905. It it subsequently edited by Darrell Wright in 2016.

About the author: Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) is widely considered one of the greatest saints of all time. She is best known for her mystical Dialogue with God the Father, composed and dictated in trance in 1378, for which she was declared a Doctor of the Church, but her letters are also unmatched in their spiritual power and profundity. Many people do not know that St Catherine was also a stigmatist, bearing the wounds and suffering the passion of Christ for the salvation of souls. She prayed to God to make the wounds invisible so as not to draw attention to herself. Only her confessor, Blessed Raymond of Capua, knew of her sharing in the sufferings of Our Lord until the day the saint died, when the wounds became visible for all to see.

This edition of The Letters of St Catherine, originally published in 1905 (but now in modern English), includes 1) an Introduction on the Life and Times of the saint, 2) a description of St Catherine as Seen in her Letters, 3) the Chief Events in the Life of St Catherine, and 4) a Brief Outline of Contemporary Public Events.

A New Heart And A New Spirit: How To Start A New Year by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

Booklet: Everyone experiences new years in life - whether on their birthday or at the beginning of a calendar year.  

In this booklet, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III (1923-2012), 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, gives advice and encouragement on effective ways to start anew.  

A New Heart and a New Spirit is the title of one of the four homilies contained within - the others being "Giving Account of Oneself", "Time", and "Tidings of Joy".  

These homilies by His Holiness Pope Shenouda were delivered in the 1970s on New Year occasions and are full of the exemplary prayers of this ascetic father who, in the depth of love, consecrated the majority of his years to God and to His service.

A New Heart and a New Spirit (2022) is translated from the Coptic Arabic by Mary and Amani Bassilli.

About the author: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923-2012), who died aged 88 after suffering from prostate cancer, was for four decades the spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the largest Christian community in the Middle East. He was born Nazir Gayed, the youngest of eight children in Asyut, southern Egypt, moved to Cairo at 16 and served as a novice at St Anthony's church school. In 1947, he gained a BA in history from Cairo University, fought as an officer in the Arab-Israeli war the following year and then taught English in a high school. In 1949, he graduated from the Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary. Four years later, he began teaching at the Monastic School in Helwan and became professor of Old Testament studies. All the while he dabbled in classics and archaeology; he wrote poetry and penned newspaper opinion pieces, many on Coptic history. Gayed entered the El Suryan (St Mary) monastery in Egypt's remote western desert in July 1954. From 1956 to 1962, he lived in a cave and experienced "complete freedom and clarification". His teacher was the charismatic Father Matta el-Meskin (Matthew the Poor), later to become an opponent. Recalled from the hermit's life, Gayed became dean of the Coptic Seminary and bishop for religious education with the saintly name of Shenouda. Within seven years, enrolment of part-time students had grown tenfold. 

In his native Egypt, he was patriarch to 7 to 11 million Copts and another 4 million worldwide. Ten years into his papacy, Shenouda had famously fallen out with President Anwar Sadat; in September 1981 he was summarily dethroned and banished to an ancient desert monastery. Reinstated by Sadat's successor, Hosni Mubarak, in January 1985, the Coptic pope, 117th in a line of leaders that began with St Mark, achieved considerable successes. The ordination of deaconesses was resumed after an interval of several centuries, and he brought women into theological colleges and communal councils, though he was against them becoming priests. From 1965 and throughout his papacy he edited the Coptic journal El Keraza. Shenouda's hundred books and countless sermons untangled abstruse dogma in a straightforward way. (Source: The Guardian)

The Sadness of Christ by Thomas More

Paperback: The Sadness of Christ (1535, 2008) was the last book that Saint Thomas More wrote in the Tower of London before he was executed for standing firm in his Catholic faith. 

In The Sadness of Christ, he explores the Gospel passages that depict the agony of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane. 

He depicts Christ as a model of virtue in the face of suffering and persecution. 

And along the way, he includes valuable and eternally relevant reflections on prayer, courage, friendship, statesmanship, and more. 

The Sadness of Christ is an excellent resource for Lent or anytime!

About the author: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state. More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first".

Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr. In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians. (Source: Wikipedia)

Prince Charles: The Passions And Paradoxes Of An Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith

Paperback: New York Times bestseller Prince Charles: The Passions And Paradoxes Of An Improbable Life (2017) is a “masterly account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the life and loves of King Charles III, Britain’s first king since 1952, shedding light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne.

Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at the man who was the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography - the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time - is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life.

Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren.

Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now.

About the author: Sally Bedell Smith is the author of bestselling biographies of Queen Elizabeth II; William S Paley; Pamela Harriman; Diana, Princess of Wales; John and Jacqueline Kennedy; and Bill and Hillary Clinton. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter. In 2012, Smith was the recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence. She is the mother of three children and lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Stephen G Smith.

The Deserted Vineyard: Interview with Malachi Martin

Paperback: The Deserted Vineyard: Interview with Malachi Martin (2009) is the defining work about the betrayal by modern churchmen of the Catholic religion.

The Deserted Vineyard: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1996, were the sixth of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, Catholicism Overturned, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Peter in Chains, The Eternal War, The Tempter's Hour and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

Peter In Chains: Interview with Malachi Martin

Paperback: Peter In Chains: Interview with Malachi Martin (2010) is the inside report about how Rome really works!

Peter In Chains: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1994, were the fifth of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, The Kingdom of Darkness, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Catholicism Overturned, The Deserted Vineyard, The Tempter's Hour and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

The Kingdom Of Darkness: Interview With Malachi Martin

Paperback: The Kingdom of Darkness: Interview with Malachi Martin (2007, 2022, Fourth Printing) is the defining work about exorcism, possession, and the activity of the devil in the modern world.

The Kingdom of Darkness: Interview with Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1992, were the third of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. Most of the material in chapter two is not included in the audiotape and CD versions as there was too much static noise in this part of the interview to include it. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, Catholicism Overturned, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Peter in Chains, The Deserted Vineyard, The Tempter's Hour and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

Catholicism Overturned: An Interview With Malachi Martin

Paperback: Vatican insider, exorcist, and bestselling author Malachi Martin provides the most complete explanation of what has happened to the Roman Catholic Church. Prophetic! 

Catholicism Overturned: An Interview With Malachi Martin is a transcript of three recorded interviews with Father Malachi Martin. These interviews, recorded in 1990, were the first of eight recording sessions conducted during the last decade of Father Martin's life by Canadian journalist and publisher Bernard Janzen. These interviews are still available in CD format from Triumph Communications. The other seven books in this series are: The Eternal War, The Kingdom of Darkness, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Peter in Chains, The Deserted Vineyard, The Tempter's Hour and Crossing the Desert, all of which are still available from Triumph Communications at www. triumphcommunications.net.

Catholicism Overturned: An Interview With Malachi Martin (2003, 2019, Fourth Printing) is printed and published in Canada by Triumph Communications and dedicated to all Catholics who have fought to maintain Tradition in the Church's darkest hour.

The Pandemic of Padre Pio: Disciple Of Our Lady Of Sorrows by Stefano Campanella

Paperback: He believed, hoping against hope. - Romans 4:18

As people everywhere seek to make sense of the Covid-19 coronavirus plaguing the world today - the sense of darkness, abandonment, and suffering - Padre Pio shows us the way he faced the pandemic in his own day - the Spanish influenza of 1918. 

Even St. Padre Pio himself became infected. Perhaps worse for the stigmatized saint, many close to him were infected: his fellow friars, spiritual sons and daughters, and his own family members in Pietrelcina. 

What was his attitude toward the virus? How did he react when he became infected? What did he do for those close to him who fell ill, some near death? How did he respond when his own dear sister and other family members lost their lives from the virus? 

In this timely book, Stefano Campanella answers these questions. He offers a response to the age-old question about the mystery of suffering and how to face it. Padre Pio did not experience suffering as a random scourge, a meaningless burden, or with despair. Instead, he faced it with holy resignation and abandonment to the will of God. Padre Pio understood - indeed he lived on his own skin - the mysterious connection between suffering and redemption, the cross and resurrection, pain and love. Ever a disciple of our Lady of Sorrows, Padre Pio faced everything with the Virgin Mary always at his side. 

In this independently published book - The Pandemic of Padre Pio: Disciple of Our Lady of Sorrows (2021, English edition), Padre Pio shows us how to face a pandemic. As a Christian. As a disciple of Our Lady of Sorrows. As a saint.

The Pandemic of Padre Pio: Disciple of Our Lady of Sorrows is translated from the Italian by Bret Thoman OFS. The Pandemic of Padre Pio: Disciple of Our Lady of Sorrows is originally published as La Pandemia di Padre Pio: Discepolo dell' Addolorata (2021). This work is dedicated to those who have lost their lives or a loved one due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And, in particular, to the friars of the Convent of San Giovanni Rotondo, hit hard, humanly and pastorally, by this tragic ordeal.

About the author: Stefano Campanella was born in Putignano, Apulia. He graduated from the University of Bari and began his career as a journalist. For seven years, he was an accredited journalist for the Holy See and two years for the Italian Parliamnet. Since 2000, he has been had of the Press Office of the Capuchin Province of Sant'Angelo and Padre Pio, and director of Padre Pio TV, Radio Padre Pio and Tele Radio Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo where he lives with his wife and family. He is the author of numerous books, essays, articles and videos on Padre Pio. His website is www.stefanocampanella.it

About the translator: Bret Thoman has a master's degree in Italian from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, a BA from the University of Georgia, and a certificate in Franciscan Studies. He has written numerous articles and books and has translated over a dozen books from Italian to English. He lives in Loreto, Italy, with his wife and three children where he organises pilgrimages at www.stfrancispilgrimages.com