Catholicism

Image of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church
Author(s):
Gareth Gore
Genre(s):
Catholicism, Religion

Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

October 15, 2024
Reviewed by: 
Joan M. Burda

"Based on Gore's research, it appears Opus Dei is not founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ and that would not be someone they would attempt to recruit because poor carpenters are not Op

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul
Author(s):
James Carroll
Genre(s):
Religious, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Christianity, Catholicism

The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul

March 22, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Margaret Placentra Johnston

Early on in The Truth at the Heart of the Lie, former Catholic priest James Carroll announces three themes or stories he will tell.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Benedict XVI: A Life Volume One: Youth in Nazi Germany to the Second Vatican Council 1927–1965
Author(s):
Peter Seewald
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Catholicism, Religious

Benedict XVI: A Life: Volume One: Youth in Nazi Germany to the Second Vatican Council 1927–1965

February 1, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Francis P. Sempa

“Volume 1 of Seewald’s revealing biography covers Joseph Ratzinger’s life from his birth during the last years of the Weimar Republic through the rise of Nazism, the Second World War, the d

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
Author(s):
George Weigel
Genre(s):
Catholicism, World, History

The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform

September 16, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Francis P. Sempa

“George Weigel is the most interesting and authoritative American scholar and analyst of the Roman Catholic Church.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey
Author(s):
Helen Prejean
Genre(s):
Personal Memoir, Religious, Catholicism

River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey

August 12, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Susan Babbitt

Sister Helen Prejean is known for campaigning against the death penalty, reinstated in the US in 1976, responsible for 1, 940 deaths.

Read Book Review >>
Image of On Thomas Merton
Author(s):
Mary Gordon
Genre(s):
Essays, Catholicism

On Thomas Merton

February 6, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“If Merton is to remain a living voice, it is from such honest and steadfast devotion as Mary Gordon’s On Thomas Merton.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World
Author(s):
Paul Collins
Genre(s):
Catholicism, History, World, International Affairs

Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

April 3, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Jonathan Power

This present pope—Francis—is probably the most powerful man in the world.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Pope Francis: The Year of Mercy
Editor(s):
Vincenzo Sansonetti
Genre(s):
Religious, Catholicism, Miscellaneous Nonfiction

Pope Francis: The Year of Mercy

November 9, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

This book comes just after the celebrated U.S. visit of Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina), the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition
Author(s):
Garry Wills
Genre(s):
Religion, Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, Christianity, Catholicism, Religion, Christianity, Catholicism

Why Priests? The Real Meaning of the Eucharist

November 15, 2012
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

“. . . will be welcomed by many capable of discerning wisdom within advanced argument—while undoubtedly opposed by certain powers that be.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
Author(s):
Weiner, Eric
Genre(s):
Travel, Religion, Cultural Affairs, Travel Writing, Religious, Cultural Affairs, Religious, Religion, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Jewish, Travel, Travel Writing, Cultural Affairs, Religious, Religion, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Jewish, Travel, Travel Writing, Jewish, Islam, Catholicism, Buddhism

Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

November 29, 2011
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

“Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine scans rituals so venerable they lack inventors, and doctrines so fresh he watches them evolve in real time.”

Read Book Review >>