St. Catherine of Siena and Her Times
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1622824547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the moving tale of Catherine, whose call to live a cloistered life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the social needs of her day (poverty, plague) but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the warring parties, sometimes even at the risk to her life.. St
Never partisan, Catherine used her access to the Pope to nag that's not too strong a word the Pope to expunge from the Church the vices and luxuries that in those days had corrupted it at all levels. Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the moving tale of Catherine, whose call to live a cloistered life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the social needs of her day (poverty, plague) but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the