{"product_id":"catholics-9781504050340","title":"Catholics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"near-masterpiece\" about faith and doubt by the award-winning, international bestselling author (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Rome, surrendering to secular pressures, the Fourth Vatican Council is stirring a revolution with their official denial of the church's core doctrines. They've abolished clerical dress and private confession; the Eucharist is recognized only as an outdated symbol; and they're merging with the tenets of Buddhism. They're also unsettled by the blind faith of devout pilgrims from around the world congregating on a remote island monastery in Ireland--the last spot on earth where Catholic traditions are defiantly alive. At the behest of the Vatican, Father James Kinsella has been dispatched to Muck Abbey with an ultimatum: Adhere to the new church or suffer the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But in Abbot Tom s O'Malley, Kinsella finds less an adversary than a man of bewildering contradictions--unyieldingly bound to his vows, yet long-questioning his devotion to God. Now, between Kinsella and O'Malley comes an unexpected challenge that will reveal their truths, their purpose, their faith, and their doubt.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Told with . . . superb grace and wit,\" \u003ci\u003eCatholics\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted by Brian Moore for the 1973 film starring Martin Sheen and Trevor Howard (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504050340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.26d","brand":"Brian Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655196438684,"sku":"9781504050340","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cc98e60f-a163-459d-a298-68fa4ab80573.jpg?v=1603884964","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/catholics-9781504050340","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}