VATICAN CITY — Since marriage and priesthood both demand the total devotion and self-giving of a man to his vocation, “it does not seem possible to realize … Read More
Book Reviews
Catholic publisher reissuing book with release of Jagerstatter biopic
WASHINGTON — With the release of a film biography of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, the conscientious objector who was martyred by the Nazis, Orbis Books is reissuing its … Read More
Reissued biography shows saint’s complexity, contradictions
“Saint Therese of Lisieux: Story of a Life” by Guy Gaucher, OCD. Ignatius Press (San Francisco, 2019). 275 pp., $17.95. Bishop Guy Gaucher argues that few saints … Read More
Authors approach topic of end-of-life care from different angles
“In the Mystery’s Shadow: Reflections on Caring for the Elderly & Dying” by Susan H. Swetnam. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minnesota, 2019). 156 pp., $14.95. “The Crisis of … Read More
Author: Everyone needs ‘time for silence,’ prayer amid busyness of life
WASHINGTON — For Kathryn Jean Lopez, her new book “A Year With the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living” is a comprehensive collection of prayers that offer … Read More
Books offer ‘solid’ explanation of importance Mary has in Catholic life
“My Queen, My Mother: A Living Novena — A Marian Pilgrimage Across America” by Marge Steinhage Fenelon. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2019). 135 pp., $14.95. … Read More
Conversion is aim of pope’s ‘great reform,’ author says
ROME — Following up on “The Great Reformer,” his biography of Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh is convinced that conversion is “the deepest reform” and is a process … Read More
Vatican releases book compiling pope’s theology of ecology
VATICAN CITY — The global ecological crisis is just one of the effects of a distorted and diseased view people have of the world, themselves and each … Read More
Catholic ‘Renaissance man’ offers insights on writing
“The Catholic Writer Today and Other Essays” by Dana Gioia. Wiseblood Books (Belmont, North Carolina, 2019). 213 pp., $25. Dana Gioia is something of a Renaissance man. … Read More
Book relates public, private lives of pioneer in Catholic-Jewish ties
“Confronting Hate: The Untold Story of the Rabbi Who Stood Up for Human Rights, Racial Justice and Religious Reconciliation” by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober. … Read More
