The 1950s was a boom time for the Catholic Church in America, with large families of devout members providing at least one son or daughter for a life of religious service.
After a lifetime of attending mass every Sunday, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Jimmy Breslin has severed his ties to the church he once lovedin this important book, filled with a fury generated by a sense of betrayal, he explains why.
El autor de este libro con pedagogia y sencillez nos hace descubrir los tesoros del Corazon de Jesus saliendo al paso de los prejuicios o malentendidos que esta devocion ha podido suscitar.
L'on m'a dit que j'étais devenu catholique parce que je me laissais abattre sous l'échec, et parce que je me laissais exalter sous le succès ; parce que j'étais trop rempli d'imagination, et parce que je manquais du sens de l'observation ; parce que je n'avais pas assez de confiance dans les choses, et parce que j'en avais trop ; parce que j'étais trop ardent à espérer, et trop prompt au désespoir ; parce que j'étais orgueilleux et pusillanime.
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