{"product_id":"when-the-sickle-swings-stories-of-catholics-who-survived-communist-oppression-9781644137666","title":"When the Sickle Swings: Stories of Catholics Who Survived Communist Oppression","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over half of the twentieth century, across nearly half the globe, the Catholic Faith was repressed, restricted, or outright illegal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1917, the atheistic, false messianic doctrine of communism found its expression in state powers, whose promises of \"equality for all\" routinely descended into totalitarianism, slavery, and slaughter.\u003cbr\u003eThe Catholic Church was a principal target of these regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom secret Masses in the prisons of Cuba, to clandestine clergy in the catacombs of Bratislava, to showdowns with Soviet tanks on the streets of Brno, Catholics resisted communist persecution in every way they could. Like their ancestors before them, they risked it all for their Faith -- imprisonment, torture, death -- knowing that the preservation of the Faith, and their immortal souls, was the only worthwhile option -- and their greatest victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, you will read about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeroic priests and bishops martyred by their governments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe resi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644137666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kristen Van Uden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228356575413,"sku":"9781644137666","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_497724ad-d68c-4a28-850d-2fff1a0d275b.jpg?v=1698725041","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/when-the-sickle-swings-stories-of-catholics-who-survived-communist-oppression-9781644137666","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}