The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman’s Struggle against Communism and Her Redemption

Written by Mary A. Nicholas M.D. and Paul Kengor PhD

Narrated by Melissa Elson

“Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil himself. . . . There is no doubt that I traveled with him at my side and that he extorted a great price for his company.”

This is how Bella Dodd (1904–69) described her long battle with atheistic communism, an ideology her Church calls a “satanic scourge.” She later described it as a “school of darkness,” a school of “hate,” a school for which she was a master organizer and infiltrator of every organization—public, private, and even ecclesiastical.

Bella Dodd courageously left the Communist Party and its diabolical machinations. Her former communist affiliates then smeared her with epithets eerily familiar to modern ears, dubbing her everything from a “fascist” to a “racist.” Some things never change.

One thing that changed, however, was Bella Dodd. The man who helped pull her from the pit? A priest. A priest by the name of Fulton Sheen. Bella Dodd’s story thereafter changed dramatically from one of seduction by the devil to redemption through Christ. She dedicated the remainder of her life to a special penance: warning the world of the evil of communism and its plans.

In the battle between the devil and Bella Dodd, Bella and her Church won. At long last, here is her inspiring story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TAN Books
• Release date: Dec 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781505131444

Reviews for The Devil and Bella Dodd

[Amelia Koch · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Important information for what we face today in the “deep church” and “deep state”

[Mag Guerra · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Explains the vast tentacles communism has in America, how far back in time it began, and how it even damaged seminaries with liberation theology. It would have helped in decision for homeschooling.