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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General
Charles de Foucauld sought to proclaim the gospel not simply by his
words but by his life. Living among the Muslim poor of Algeria, he
sought to be a "universal brother", a witness to the love of God
for all people. Though at the time of his violent death he had
attracted no followers, his story later inspired the foundation of
the Little Brothers and the Little Sisters of Jesus. This volume
offers a poignant entry into the heart of a modern mystic and
martyr.
John Paul II: The Encyclicals in Everyday Language, an Orbis
bestseller, now includes the Pope's most recent encyclical Fides et
Ratio ("Faith and Reason"). Father Donders gives us the gist of
this complex encyclical and the twelve that preceded it in
easy-to-read sense lines. In a penetrating epilogue entitled "The
Man and the Message", Father Donders offers a profound
interpretation of John Paul II's legacy and the unity of his
thirteen encyclicals. Here Donders shows that the pope's teaching
is best understood as an expression of his fundamental intuition
into the meaning of Christianity.
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