Hero in the Storm: Pius IX Against the Revolution

Hero in the Storm is the compelling true story of the life of Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, a humble boy with epilepsy who became pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

During the longest pontificate in Church history "all were struck by his charm, his affability, the noble simplicity of his welcome and that sense of humor which seldom deserted him even in his darkest hour."

There were many dark hours during those three decades when the Church's territories were taken away by force, its citizens were...