Book Reviews2
The Myth of Hitler’s Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis.
In early May 2007, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints met and recommended to Pope Benedict XVI that... Read more
Black and Catholic in the Jim Crow South: the stuff that makes community.
This book tells the story of black Catholics in Natchez, Mississippi during the days of the Jim Crow laws. Danny... Read more
Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers
This book is a revision of the 1988 edition with 70% new prayers and blessings for many of the most... Read more
Death, Where is your Sting? Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, and his edifying encounter with Yellow Fever.
Who is Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos? He is a man who lived from 1819 to 1867 and was born in... Read more
Mother Angelica’s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality
Mother Angelica is one of the most known Catholic religious women in the United States. Her television network, EWTN (Eternal... Read more
Jesus of Nazareth: from the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration.
The words to describe this book are “wow” and “awe inspiring”. This deep, academic book is the first in a... Read more
Did Pope Pius XII Help the Jews?
Sr. Margherita Marchione has written several books on Pope Pius XII and World War II. In this concise book, she... Read more
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the “Saint of Calcutta.”
Book by Brian Kolodiejchuk. Read more
The Apostles
This book, The Apostles, contains the catecheses and presentations that were delivered by Pope Benedict XVI at his weekly general... Read more
Harry Potter and “the Death of God”
Published with permission from the authorby Michael D. O’BrienWell, July 21st has come and gone and the world is muggling... Read more
Face to Face
Till We Have Facesby C.S. Lewis Originally published in 1956; available at Amazon.com in the 1980 Harvest Books edition for... Read more
Swords about the Cross
Lepanto, by G.K. ChestertonWith Explanatory Notes and CommentaryEdited by Dale Ahlquist (American Chesterton Society, Minneapolis, 2003)$11.95 at www.chesterton.org <http://www.chesterton.org> “People... Read more
With Friends Like These
Without Roots: The West, Relativism and Islamby Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) and Marcello Pera, trans. by Michael F.... Read more
The Best Book of All – The Good Samaritan
Despite the ubiquity of "best sellers," my experience is that only a minority of people – perhaps a small minority... Read more
The Great Mystery
“Male and Female He Created Them”: On Marriage and the Family, by Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez (Ignatius Press, San Francisco,... Read more
Old Books, Old Movies
Rather than a book, I am going to discuss some old feature films in this column. Most of these films... Read more
Truth or Consequences
Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power, Read more
A Strong Defense
The past decade has seen a boom in resources relating to the field of apologetics, or defense of the Catholic/Christian... Read more
