Catholic Spiritual Life: The Interior Life Simplified and its Core Principle

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François de Sales Pollien’s seminal work, “The Interior Life Simplified and Reduced to its Fundamental Principle”, is a profound exploration of spiritual life within the Catholic context. Published in 1912 by Burns Oates & Washbourne, London, and contributed to by the Kelly Library at the University of Toronto, this text delves deeply into the complexities […]

Benedict XVI, Pope

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Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl, Bavaria, Germany, and passing away on December 31, 2022, served as the head of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. His papacy was marked by intellectual rigor and a steadfast […]