“During the night it happened. Rumors from the east had spoken of the arrival of pale men and women, with fiery sticks that could kill from a great distance. The medicine man, Falcon Eye, had been fasting for weeks to receive a vision that could tell him and his people how best to prepare for this new threat. This night his prayers to the Great Wankan-Tanka had been heard. Falcon Eye came out of his tepee while the sky was still midnight blue and the horizon spoke quietly of the coming dawn in purple and pink. He looked at the …

The Holy League of Rudy is a strange, mixed bag … California, the late 1970s: Tall and built like linguini, Bobby "Bones" Braziano is an affable, mellowing influence on his wise-cracking, socially low-end friends. Calling themselves the Holy League of Rudy, they are a pack of kooks and rowdies whose creative knack for finding trouble is an endless source of pride. Bones’ cheerleader girlfriend, a child of privilege and ambition, refuses to consider a future with Bones unless he leaves his humble roots and madcap friends behind. With college looking like death by boredom, Bones volunteers for the Cold War, …

The married couple has the privilege of being co-creator with God, to have children hand in hand with God, and to transmit his life. Something that is highlighted in the encyclical humanae Vitae is: “the serious duty of transmitting human life has always been for the couple, as free and responsible collaborators of God the Creator”. his holiness paul Vi speaks of “serious duty” because of the huge importance that entails the wonderful mission of having children. however, it must be done in an atmosphere of responsible parenting. in the task of regulating each conception and the responsibility that has …

Kai Un’kari is a young man from a backwater fishing village. All his life he has dreamed of travelling the world like his late father. In an unfortunate turn of events, he gets his wish when war breaks out between Horagothien and Austranvia, forcing him to leave home. Upon meeting a man named Lukan, Kai finds out that he is destined to become a great warrior and the next wielder of the holy sword, Tenjin. He sets out on a journey to find the Tenjin so he can use it to bring peace to all the warring nations of Pangaea, …

When Pope John Pietro 1 receives news from a strange visitor he learns a secret that shocks him to the core. Not wanting to cause turmoil within the Holy See, the Pope and his trusted friend Cardinal Pollini make a pact to keep the revelation secret until the full ramifications of the predicament can be analyzed. Meanwhile a prominent banker is found murdered on a pleasure yacht and suspicion falls on the remaining five passengers and crew of three. Michael Frost, the owner and captain of the yacht, tries to clear his name as a suspect. Strange circumstances surround the …

Message by Pope Francis to the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement The Holy Father uses the format of an honest and direct dialogue to give us his vision and expectations of the topics which formed the focus of the experiences and pastoral projects of the jubilee celebrations in Schoenstatt: family life, education, youth evangelization, the church, and a new social order. It is the Holy Father’s message to an ecclesial movement of renewal during a moment of grace, both in the jubilee celebration of our founding and this moment in the life of the Church. One can understand the deeper meaning and …

Three buxom and beautiful women, Margaret, Dahlia & Betsy, have known each other since grade school and have delighted in each other’s company for many years. The women, all dominant bisexual’s, swear an oath that they will remain close and always keep an upper hand when it comes to the men in their life. Dahlia, the first to marry and only one to give birth, is the leader of their group and mother to the equally domineering Emma. Margaret and Betsy envy the motherdaughter relationship, and seek to find their own children at the Holy Angels Orphanage. While there, they …

Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years. Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open up cathedrals to daylight. A period of great economic and social change, the Gothic era also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary – in drastic contrast to the fearful themes of dark Roman times. Full of rich changes in all of the various art forms (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), …

Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years. Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open up cathedrals to daylight. A period of great economic and social change, the Gothic era also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary – in drastic contrast to the fearful themes of dark Roman times. Full of rich changes in all of the various art forms (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), …

Intrigue and imminent danger await the young men brave enough to join "The Great Game," the political conflict between Britain and Russian Empire. Captain David Ingle is one the bravest, as he saves a Fort in India from attack, disguised as a Muslim holy man. Returning to Calcutta, David is congratulated by the viceroy for service to his country, but warned that the Russian agents he thwarted now threaten his life. More importantly his grandfather, the Marquis of Inglestone, has died and the family title and estate are now his. But he returns to a dilapidated estate, because the old …

There is an energy force in the world - known to the Ancients - that has largely escaped the interest of the modern day world. Why? There are allusions to this energy in the Chinese I-Ching, in the Hebrew Torah, in the Christian Bible, in the Hindu Sanskrit Ramayana and in the Muslim Holy Qur'an. Its force is strongest within the Earth's magnetic triangles. Near one of these--the Bermuda Triangle--circumstances bring together four very different people. Patrick Gallagher is a mining engineer searching for a viable alternative to fossil fuels; Tara Geoffrey, an airline pilot on holidays in the Caribbean; …