The Disastrous Pontificate Guindon

The Disastrous Pontificate GuindonPaperback, 876 pages Nine years into Pope Francis' reign on the throne of St. Peter, one of his closest collaborators anonymously circulated a memorandum among fellow cardinals that delivered a stark verdict: "Commentators of every school agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe." The critique focused on the pontiff's undermining of the Church's bedrock of magisterial clarity and consistency, supplanting the

consolation and renewed conviction

It contains both theological and spiritual principles to guide the laity in their apostolic work and practical applications drawn from his experience

33 years after his death

It is the story of an academic becoming convinced of the truth of Christianity on rational grounds ÔÇö but also the account of GodÔÇÖs grace acting in and through her imagination

A rigorous study of the rich relationship between Judaism and Catholicism

The early Christians didn’t live in our world

a divine communion with God

has governed the world

When Grace refuses to apologize

and direct reminder both of inconvenient facts and of why we embrace the Catholic communion of our shared Fathers

including the Sign of the Cross

and the ordinary with the extraordinary