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An American classic widely considered to be one of the best novels of the 20th century In 1851, Father Jean Marie Latour becomes the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. While the area is American by law, it's still Mexican and Indian by custom and belief. During the years that follow, Latour tirelessly but gently spreads his faith while facing external and internal obstacles. Loosely based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lamy and the construction of the Cathedral...
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Father Damien Modeste has served the Ojibwe on the remote reservation of Little No Horse for more than half a century, and as he nears the end of his life, he begins to fear that if the tribe discovers he is really a woman who has lived a man's life, all of his hard work will be undone.
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Years after her son's fatal overdose, Rachel Higgins learns that his addiction may have grown out of damage suffered at the hands of a pedophile priest while he was in high school. Looking for vengeance, she targets the Catholic Church's most visible local figure, Archbishop Francis Gillespie. When the archbishop begins receiving anonymous threats, local police dismiss them, saying they're not credible. So he turns to his friends, Ali Reynolds and...
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Inspired by true events, this supernatural thriller follows a seminary student sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Only when sent to apprentice with legendary Father Lucas, who has performed thousand of exorcisms, does his armor of skepticism begin to fall. Drawn into a troubling case that transcends even Father Lucas's skill, the young seminarian glimpses a phenomenon...
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According to legend, Sacajawea-the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition through the American wilderness-is buried on the Wind River Reservation. Now, a college professor-and longtime friend of Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden-has disappeared while seeking the truth behind the legend. Vicky and Father John O'Malley soon discover that her missing friend is linked to another female historian who also vanished on the reservation-while...
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