Josue Raul Conte
 

 
   

About the author

Son of an American mother and a Spanish father, Josué Raúl Conte was born in the Principality of Andorra in 1969. He received his doctorate in medieval philosophy and literature at the Opus Dei University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain Formerly a member of the Neo-catechumenal Way, Conte became disillusioned with ultra conservative Catholicism and looked for a contemporary Catholic answer to a changing culture.  Having taught at various colleges and universities, he is now a free lance journalist, living in San Francisco with Alicia, his second wife, and Ivan, their Russian wolf hound.

 

The Chancery Murders

 

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The Stones Cry Out is the story of Marco Lamadrid, an evangelical Christian in Latin America, who received a call to become a Catholic priest.  Something happened to him one day when he stopped in a Catholic Church to admire the baroque art  and had an experience that changed the direction of his entire life. When he left the baroque church a dream was born in his soul that led him to the United States and Rome. This is the story of how that dream became a nightmare and of his complete dedication to  his faith and ideals throughout the various vicissitudes of his life. This is the story of that nightmare.

This book is dedicated to all innocent priests who have suffered persecution from false allegations.   $21.95

      

Josue Raul Conte

 

 

Rosanada Requiem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Mystery Novel of the Contemporary Catholic Church

When various members of the Rosanada Archdiocesan chancery are brutally murdered, Cristian Forte, homicide detective for the Rosanada Police Department, is determined to find the killer. Disillusioned with seminary life and the scandals in the Church, Forte dropped out of the seminary and became a detective instead of a priest, but still burns with a deep desire for truth, justice, and a holy Church. His quest to find the killer involves him in the lives of many in the contemporary Church that have a lot to hide and are lost in evils of their own making. As he strives to make sense of the Church today, he gradually strips away the layers of deception that hide the killer until the exciting conclusion when all is laid bare and the truth is told.                                            $14.95

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The Stones Cry Out!

 

 

 

 

 

Rosanada Requiem

 

A Novel of the Contemporary Church in Crisis

 

When Sister Megan McGrath is found murdered in the sacristy at Santiago Church, fear falls on the parish like the winter snow. Is the pastor, Father Shannon, responsible for her death?  Why was she murdered in such an unusual fashion with a strange pole decorated with red ribbons and beads piercing her heart? Why are the convent sisters engaged in bizarre practices?  As the  master storyteller unfolds all the evil that is hidden at Santiago, you will wonder what happened to make these people the way they are. When the story ends, peace returns to Rosanada, and justice is served. $15.95

 

 

 

 

 
   

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