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Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church (2005) excerpt and text search
Catholic Encyclopedia, (1913) online edition thousands of articles on related topics
Coppa, Frank J., ed. Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy. Greenwood, 1998. 473 pp.
Duffy, Eamon. Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, (3rd ed 2006), 496pp; Yale University Press; heavily illustrated history by leading Catholic scholar excerpt and text search
Kelly, J.N.D. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (1988). 349pp; scholarly short biographies; online edition
Levillain, Philippe, ed. The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge, 2001. 1780 pp.
New Catholic 'Encyclopedia (1967), numerous articles
Steimer, Bruno and Parker, Michael G., ed. Dictionary of Popes and the Papacy. Crossroad, 2001. 278 pp.
Trigilio, John. and Kenneth Brighenti. Catholicism for Dummies (2003) excerpt and text search
Vidmar, John. The Catholic Church through the Ages: A History (2005) excerpt and text search

Brown, Peter. The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity 200-1000 AD (2002), 640pp
Chadwick, Owen. The Popes and European Revolution. Oxford U. Press, 1981. 646 pp.
Daniel-Rops, Henri. The Church in the Eighteenth Century (1964)
Daniel-Rops, Henri. The Church in an Age of Revolution (1965).
Hales, E. E. Y. Revolution and Papacy, 1769-1846, (1960)
Latourette, Kenneth S. A History of Christianity, Volume 1: Beginnings to 1500 (1975), by leading Protestant historian excerpt and text search
Logan, F. Donald. A History of the Church in the Middle Ages. 2002. online edition
Mullett, Michael A. The Catholic Reformation, (1999), online edition
Pastor, Ludwig von. History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, (1894-1930), 16 vol, older Catholic history online from books.google.com
Ullmann, Walter. A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages, (2002), 393pp, online edition
Wright, A. D. The Early Modern Papacy: From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution 1564-1789. Longman, 2000. 335 pp.

Burns, Gene. "The Politics of Ideology: The Papal Struggle with Liberalism." American Journal of Sociology, 1990 95(5): 1123-1152. Issn: 0002-9602 fulltext: in Jstor and Ebsco
Camp, Richard L. "From Passive Subordination To Complementary Partnership: The Papal Conception of a Woman's Place in Church and Society since 1878." Catholic Historical Review, 1990 76(3): 506-525. Issn: 0008-8080 Fulltext: in Ebsco
Chadwick, Owen. A History of the Popes, 1830-1914. (1998), 616pp; a standard recent history. online edition,
Coppa, Frank J. The Modern Papacy since 1789. Longman, 1998. 296 pp.
Coppa, Frank J. "Between Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism, Pius XI's Response to the Nazi Persecution of the Jews: Precursor to Pius XII's "Silence"?" Journal of Church and State 2005 47(1): 63-89. Issn: 0021-969x Fulltext: in Ebsco
Gillis, Chester, ed. The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence. Paradigm, 2006. 208 pp.
Holland, Joe. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: The Popes Confront the Industrial Age 1740-1958. Paulist Press, 2003. 404 pp.
Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 5 Vol (1958), a detailed history of Chritianity 1800-1950 by a fair-minded Protestant scholar. vol 1 online edition
Pollard, John F. Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950. Cambridge U. Press, 2005. 265 pp.

Catholic Bibles

Ecumenical Bibles with Catholic participation.

New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books
New Revised Standard Version (Catholic edition)
New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books (anglicized edition)
Revised English Bible with Apocrypha

Neuner & Dupuis, Christian Faith, selections from officialdeclarations by Popes & Ecumenical Councils
Catechism of the Catholic Church, authorized by Pope John Paul II