We hear the voices of the early Church Fathers even today. Their teachings, their guidance, their insights, and their sacrifice shaped the Catholic Church. They defined the canon of Scripture. They developed our creeds and forms of wo...
St. Monica and the Power of Persisten...
Mike AquilinaMany of us give up on prayer when we don't get the answer we want WHEN we want it.For nearly two decades, Saint Monica prayed for her wayward son. Years and years of prayers, seemingly unanswered. Countless tears shed with no relief. ...
Here is an unflinching look at the lives and sacrifices of those first Christians who were given the task of spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth.Relying on the ancient documents, as well as latest archeological findings and ...
Good Pope, Bad Pope: Their Lives, Our...
Mike AquilinaWhy did the author pick the popes you'll meet in the pages of this book? Why not Gregory I, whom many would call the greatest pope of all time? Why not Leo X, who was pope at the beginning of the Protestant Reformation? Why not Leo XI...
History's Queen: Exploring Mary's Piv...
Mike AquilinaThe Virgin Mary\'s part in history doesn\'t begin and end with her yes to God. Popular Catholic author Mike Aquilina points out that Mary is at the center of history from creation to the end of time and everywhere in between. In Histo...
The Church and the Roman Empire (Ad 3...
Mike AquilinaSuspense, politics, sin, death, sex, and redemption: Not the plot of the latest crime novel, but elements of the true history of the Catholic Church.Larger-than-life saints such as Athanasius of Alexandria, Jerome, Augustine, and poli...