The extraordinary spiritual writer, Father Jacques Philippe, provides insights and advice for the spiritual life that are both beautiful and practical. His writings have inspired me and changed my perspective on what a flourishing interior life looks like. While Interior … Continue reading
Category: Book Reviews
The Quest for ‘Interior Freedom’: A Book Review
One thing each of us desires in his innermost being is freedom. Oftentimes, we strive to attain it in ways that are counteractive to the real freedom we desire. We often look for freedom in “all the wrong places,” such … Continue reading
Stephen Heiner’s Review of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Many thanks to Mr. Heiner for another barn-burner of a book review. This review, like the previous one we posted, helps to contextualize current events in the Holy Land. The present series of atrocities in Gaza are not happening in … Continue reading
Stephen Heiner’s Timely, Informative Review of the Book, Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
The book is by Ilan Pappe, an Israeli Jew. My most viewed book review of the year is, unsurprisingly, on Ilan Pappe’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. First authored in 2006, the book has perhaps never been more needed and relevant … Continue reading
Vanity, Suffering, and Love
I am not a big fan of philosophy — or at least I was not — but recently I had the privilege to participate in multiple classes with Fr. Dominic Bouck that helped me to find more joy in the … Continue reading
How ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Actually Came to Massachusetts
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts member advisory… Longtime pro-family activist Amy Contrada, the Director of Research for Mass Resistance, has written a splendid and shocking new book, revealing how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts came to recognize sodomy … Continue reading
Man’s Faculty of Speech Did Not Evolve
The Kingdom of Speech lives up to its blurb summary as “an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech — not evolution — is responsible for humanity’s complex societies and achievements.” Continue reading
New Book on the Sack of Rome and Capture of Pius VI by French Revolutionaries
The Catholic World Report, Father Peter Stravinskas: A new book by Christian Browne, The Pearl of Great Price: Pius VI & the Sack of Rome (Arouca Press), is a historical play that tells the true story of the invasion of Rome by Revolutionary … Continue reading
A Delightful Book about Catholic ‘Stuff’
A Review A History of the Church in 100 Objects by Mike Aquilina with Grace Aquilina (Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2017). IN A History of the Church in 100 Objects, Mike Aquilina presents the bimillennial history of the … Continue reading
Recently Published Histories of England Ignore Irish and Catholic Input
Catholic Herald Michael Duggan: At my elbow, as I write, is a small tower of books, all volumes of English history, stacked up in order of age. At the top of the pile are the three published most recently: from … Continue reading
Review of ‘The Case for Liturgical Restoration’ by Charles Coulombe
New Liturgical Movement,: These are hard times for the Catholic Church, to be sure. Scandals of all sorts are daily reported, often rising up to the highest levels. In return, the leadership often seem arbitrary and tone-deaf – unsure of … Continue reading
‘For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent’: Review of Cardinal Zen’s Book
National Catholic Register, Derya Little: “Shedding the blood of a few children for the unity and prosperity of the state was a small price to pay.” Review is here.