Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles Book

In a comprehensive and engaging biography, Arroyo chronicles the life and faith of Mother Angelica, the nun who almost singlehandedly created a religious media empire through her Catholic cable network, EWTN. Born in 1923 to unstable parents (a cruel father who later abandoned the family and a chronically depressed mother), Mother Angelica 151 then called Rita Rizzo 151 is an unlikely person to have redrawn the landscape of Catholicism in America. The strength of Arroyo s biography is what he calls his unfettered access to records, associates and the nun herself as an anchor and news director for EWTN, he s known her for years. But this is not purely a sweetness-and-light portrait she comes across as outspoken and sometimes hot tempered, arguing with cardinals and even hurling a knife at a sharp-tongued uncle when she was 17. Overall, Arroyo gives a strong sense of the woman who enrages liberals, delights conservatives, but is respected by almost all Catholics. Author: Raymond ArroyoFormat: 416 pages, PaperbackPublisher: Image (May 15, 2007) ISBN: 978-0385510936