Tells the stories of the outstanding cardinals of the Catholic Church through the centuries - the powerful, the saintly, the corrupt, and the compromised.

Excerpt from book. Afterword, entitled: [How to spot a pope] They say that a cardinal who enters the conclave pope leaves it a cardinal. That is about as true as the suggestion that every rotund pope is followed by a lean one. Well, perhaps a little more true, but a number of cardinals who hav... (more)

Will and his first-mate Josh are pirates, sailing the rough seas in Wills backyard, when Will shares his secret. He has half of a treasure map leading to Magillicuddys gold. The buccaneers learn that some things--even ancient treasure maps--are not always what they seem, and that some treasures are ... (more)

Gigi and her best friend, Frances, take their first dance lesson after Gigi reads half of a verse in Psalms about praising God in dance. With reluctant practice and awkward help from Tiara (her new dog) and Lord Fluffy (her not-so-cooperative cat), Gigi struggles to dance perfectly to God proud of h... (more)

The papacy is as old as the Christian Church itself, and a crucial influence on the political history of medieval and modern Europe. Pope Leo III's coronation of Charlemagne established the first real imperial power in the West since the fall of Rome and created the model for what would become the H... (more)