{"product_id":"the-church-and-the-modern-era","title":"THE CHURCH AND THE MODERN ERA (1846–2005), PIUS IX, WORLD WARS, AND THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy David M. Wagner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFatima, war, Vatican II, St. John Paul II, and the clerical sex abuse crisis: These are just a few of the people and events that helped define the Catholic Church in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Church and the Modern Era (1846–2005)\u003c\/em\u003e, author David Wagner explores how the Church maintained its core beliefs while meeting the challenges of the industrial age, world wars, the sexual revolution, and technological advancement in an increasingly secular world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “modern era” of the Catholic Church began with the election of Blessed Pius IX in 1846 and ends with the death of St. John Paul II in 2005, the last pope to have served as a council father at Vatican II. With monarchies falling, nation-states rising, and industrialization and mass migration underway, the world changed more during this period than any other, Wagner contends. While the Church may feel more user-friendly and less formal than ever before, what we believe has been handed down from the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWagner reintroduces you to some of the era’s most powerful examples of virtue and faith such as St. John Henry Newman, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Josephine Bakhita, St. Faustina, and St. Maximillian Kolbe. He will also dispel some of the long-held misconceptions about the Church that span the 160-year period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you will learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Catholic Church is the world’s most powerful advocate for workers, the poor, and human rights.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Church’s social teaching does not endorse any economic or political systems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Vatican Council did not change Catholic teaching on faith or morals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Church has been an advocate for raising the status of women, championing women’s rights to education, to work, and to equal pay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AVE MARIA PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48486462193913,"sku":"23816","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/0418\/0013\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-04145622.png?v=1780602996","url":"https:\/\/giftstore.holyhill.com\/products\/the-church-and-the-modern-era","provider":"Holy Hill Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}