Book Reviews

More than 153 years after the end of the Civil War, Confederate military leaders are in the news. More precisely, monuments of them are in the news. … Read More

Father Christopher Hartley Sartorius is a Spanish priest (English father, Spanish mother) from a well-off family. He decided to become a priest at age 15 and was … Read More

If you’re the type of person to ever wonder why the word “disgruntled” is commonplace, but calling someone “gruntled” decidedly less so, “Angels, Barbarians and Nincompoops” offers … Read More

In Luke 24:13-35, we find two of Jesus’ disciples walking along the road, downcast following Jesus’ death. They are soon joined by a stranger who proceeds to … Read More

Are you a Catholic hipster? Are you a bespectacled foodie, black skinny jeans and Chucks-wearing Catholic “sneaking a peek at your breviary app during your work meeting,” … Read More

“To Light a Fire on the Earth” is written by John Allen Jr. who poses various questions to Bishop Robert E. Barron on a wide range of … Read More

Five hundred years later, the effects of the divorce initiated by Martin Luther are still being worked out. As Catholics, we can acknowledge the excesses and irregularities … Read More

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has become one of the leading Catholic commentators on the Francis papacy, and this book, being released around the papacy’s fifth … Read More

Edith Stein, who eventually became Carmelite Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, is not well known as saints go but is becoming better known, thanks to books … Read More

What could Christopher Columbus’ compass, the Wittenberg door and the curls of St. Therese of Lisieux possibly have in common? All, it turns out, reveal memorable stories … Read More