Lanternarius Press

03/21/2024

Samples of our growing catalog: Ancient history, a true murder story taken from the headlines, a story of cruelty and manipulation, and a coming of age narration. Take your pick. All available on Amazon.

03/21/2024

For years, half of Catholic Europe supported one pope and half supported another. After 70 years, it was exhausting. In an attempt to fix the problem, the meeting of cardinals in Pisa decided to get both popes to abdicate and elect a new one. That did not work. They ended up with three. Read about this mixup here: https://www.lanternariuspress.net/antipope-john-xxiii/

03/15/2024

Book One in a series about the popes. This first book explains the first fifty popes. Complete with pictures and definitions of various terms. Written for those who have little knowledge of the early Church.

https://www.amazon.com/History-Popes-34AD-499AD-ebook/dp/B0CL8G9TXR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13NZK5TPJDYFC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QfNkeP5hzwPLBoh9FKcrRg.3gi7NKp_g237_5aynum8FgFQ1KybZz4aXsu4dManNEg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Debra+Booton+McCoy&qid=1710466466&sprefix=debra+booton+mccoy%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1

03/07/2024

The Catholic Church's Western Schism was coming to an end. At this point, three popes were all claiming to be the true pope. This simply couldn't last much longer! Today's story is about a Crete foundling who became pope for ten months. Read more at; https://www.lanternariuspress.net/pope-alexander-v-a-third-pope-at-the-same-time/

03/07/2024

Are you enjoying the History of the Popes series? You can have your own copy of the History of the Popes 34AD to 499AD.

Learning about our Catholic Faith is an ongoing process. There is the reading of theology, saints, general history and a host of other ways of approaching our study. This series is but a sliver of what can be examined. What I have written is not a listing of what each bishop of Rome accomplished....

02/23/2024

The Western Schism of the Roman Catholic Church, or the Papal Schism was a time from 1378 to 1417 when there were at least two popes at a time. Towards the end, there were three men claiming to be the true pope. Benedict, John and Gregory. Here is what we know about Pope Gregory, who is recorded as being the "real" pope. https://www.lanternariuspress.net/pope-gregory-xii/

02/22/2024

If you have been following the stories of the popes that we post, you might like to go back to the beginning and read about the first popes. These stories have been put together into a book for you and is available in eBook and paperback at Amazon. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/History-Popes-34AD-499AD-ebook/dp/B0CL8G9TXR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35LML43OBWPYE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QfNkeP5hzwPLBoh9FKcrRg.3gi7NKp_g237_5aynum8FgFQ1KybZz4aXsu4dManNEg&dib_tag=se&keywords=debra+booton+mccoy&qid=1708633690&sprefix=debra+booton+mccoy%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1

02/22/2024

Three very different stories from our catalog for your winter reading enjoyment. All available on Amazon.

02/14/2024

In the ongoing story of the Western Schism, very few popes lasted very long and there were always two popes, or three, within the years 1378 - 1415. There were also too many kings and dukes claiming and counterclaiming land. Read more at: https://www.lanternariuspress.net/pope-innocent-vii-attempting-to-end-the-western-schism/

02/08/2024