Category: BOOKS

  • March 15, 2014

Books offer insight into church’s role in international development

Readers interested in the Catholic Church's role in international development will benefit from reading three books which explain...
  • March 7, 2014

Former white supremacist relates tale of how Catholicism changed him in ‘Race With the Devil: My Journey From Racial Hatred to Rational Love’

"I am not writing a biography but a conversion story," Joseph Pearce explains in his new book, "Race...
  • March 3, 2014

‘Life-changing’ Jerusalem trip was cornerstone for new ‘Jesus’ book

Jesuit Father James Martin today has a hard time believing that he initially turned down a suggestion to...
  • February 25, 2014

BOOKS: ‘Dangers to the Faith’: Understanding threats to faith

Al Kresta's book, “Dangers to the Faith: Recognizing Catholicism’s 21st Century Opponents,” shines light into all the nooks...
  • January 15, 2014

BOOKS: ‘Evangelical Catholicism’: Pathway back to vibrancy of early Church

I met George Weigel last year when he came to the Valley to speak about how the KGB...
  • July 31, 2013

Top 10 parables of faith on screen

Since the advent of cinema in the late 1800s, faith has been treated on film in a wide...
  • July 17, 2013

BOOKS: ‘Life Lessons from Life with My Brother, Timothy Cardinal Dolan’

He’s a rockstar, literally bigger than life. His red cassock glows with the love of the Church. He’s...
  • June 16, 2013

BOOKS: ‘When Jesus Was Twelve’: Cultural context, clearer vision

We’ve all read and heard the story of 12-year-old Jesus accompanying Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem for the...
  • May 15, 2013

‘Tweet Inspiration’: Bible Geek brings Scripture to Twitter

Many years ago, in Quezon City, the governing General Chapter of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, established...
  • April 19, 2013

BOOKS: Twelve Lessons on the Catholic Faith’: Priest makes Church teaching accessible

If we haven’t heard by now, we should take the time to learn: all things are connected. For...