In Love with Christ - The Secret of Saint Francis of Assisi – New Book by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap – Preacher to Papal Household
Going back to the roots of a theme close to the Pope of a simple return to the Gospel, Zenit offers a new book on Saint Francis of Assisi.
The volume offers a collection of meditations that Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher of the Papal Household, had developed during the season of Advent in 2013.
The meditations entail the life, the works and the evangelical message of the poor one of Assisi, with the intent of explaining what the celebrated 13th century saint has to say to today's Church.
You can order your copy today: https://www.createspace.com/4831124 To order more than 50 books at the same time, please contact us to: [email protected] with at least a 20 days’ notice.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa is a Capuchin Franciscan Priest. Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 22 July 1934, ordained priest in 1958. Divinity Doctor (Fribourg 1962) and Doctor in classical literature (Milan 1966). Former Ordinary Professor of History of Ancient Christianity and Director of the Department of Religious Sciences at the Catholic University of Milan. Member of the International Theological Commission (1975-1981) and for 12 years member of the Catholic Delegation for the dialogue with the Pentecostal Churches. In 1979 he resigned his teaching position to become a full time preacher of the Gospel. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II Preacher to the Papal Household and confirmed in that position by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. In this capacity he preaches a weekly sermon in Advent and Lent in the presence of the Pope, the cardinals, bishops and prelates of the Roman Curia and the general superiors of religious orders. He is also frequently invited to speak in many countries around the world, both to Catholic and Protestant audiences. He has received an Honorary degree in Laws from Notre Dame University (Indiana), in Sciences of communication from the University of Macerata (Italy) and in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio). In addition to his early scholar books on patristic Christology, Easter in the Ancient Church and other topics he has published numerous books on spirituality fruit of his preaching to the papal Household, translated in more than twenty foreign languages. For 14 years, from 1994 to 2010 he has run a weekly program on the first channel of the Italian state television (RAI) on the Gospel of the following Sunday. From 2009, when he is not engaged in preaching, he lives in a hermitage, at Cittaducale (Rieti) ministering to a small community of cloistered nuns. The 18 July 2013 he has been confirmed by Pope Francis as Preacher to the Papal Household.
The meditations entail the life, the works and the evangelical message of the poor one of Assisi, with the intent of explaining what the celebrated 13th century saint has to say to today's Church.
You can order your copy today: https://www.createspace.com/4831124 To order more than 50 books at the same time, please contact us to: [email protected] with at least a 20 days’ notice.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa is a Capuchin Franciscan Priest. Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 22 July 1934, ordained priest in 1958. Divinity Doctor (Fribourg 1962) and Doctor in classical literature (Milan 1966). Former Ordinary Professor of History of Ancient Christianity and Director of the Department of Religious Sciences at the Catholic University of Milan. Member of the International Theological Commission (1975-1981) and for 12 years member of the Catholic Delegation for the dialogue with the Pentecostal Churches. In 1979 he resigned his teaching position to become a full time preacher of the Gospel. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II Preacher to the Papal Household and confirmed in that position by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. In this capacity he preaches a weekly sermon in Advent and Lent in the presence of the Pope, the cardinals, bishops and prelates of the Roman Curia and the general superiors of religious orders. He is also frequently invited to speak in many countries around the world, both to Catholic and Protestant audiences. He has received an Honorary degree in Laws from Notre Dame University (Indiana), in Sciences of communication from the University of Macerata (Italy) and in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio). In addition to his early scholar books on patristic Christology, Easter in the Ancient Church and other topics he has published numerous books on spirituality fruit of his preaching to the papal Household, translated in more than twenty foreign languages. For 14 years, from 1994 to 2010 he has run a weekly program on the first channel of the Italian state television (RAI) on the Gospel of the following Sunday. From 2009, when he is not engaged in preaching, he lives in a hermitage, at Cittaducale (Rieti) ministering to a small community of cloistered nuns. The 18 July 2013 he has been confirmed by Pope Francis as Preacher to the Papal Household.
