A Guest Book Review By Matt P. Gaspers* The Political Pope: How Pope Francis Is Delighting the Liberal Left and Abandoning Conservatives George Neumayr Hachette Book Group 220 pages $18.36 Hardcover; $9.95 Paperback In early May of this year, I …
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Book Review: By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment
By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Edward Feser & Joseph Bessette Ignatius Press, 2017 500 pages $21.20 Paperback Sometime in the mid-1990s in Colombia, Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos lured a 6-year-old boy into …
Book Review: Walking the Road to God by Fr. Lawrence Carney
Walking the Road to God: Why I Left Everything Behind and Took to the Streets to Save Souls Fr. Lawrence Carney Caritas Press, 2016 210 pages $5.99 Kindle; $14.95 Paperback Walking the Road to God is a moving account of the mission …
“Acceptable Worship, with Fear and Reverence”— An Appreciation of Peter Kwasniewski’s New Book
Editor’s Note: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who received an advance copy of Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern Age Needs the Mass of Ages — Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s new book on sacred liturgy — has written the following reflection on it and given …
Cardinal Müller: Remaining Loyal to Christ – Lest We Become Culpable in the Loss of Souls
Der Papst – Sendung und Auftrag (The Pope – Mission and Mandate) Cardinal Gerhard Müller Publisher Herder 608 pages € 29.99 Today, 20 February, the German publishing house, Herder Verlag (Freiburg), has released a new book written by Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of …
Book Review: The Signs of the Holy One
Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual, and Expression of the Sacred Fr. Uwe Michael Lang Ignatius Press, 2015 180 pages $9.99 Kindle; $19.95 Paperback In recent years Fr. Uwe Michael Lang’s talk on sacred art, music, and aesthetics has been …
Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s New Book on Hope Provides Counterpoint to Francis Agenda
Die Botschaft der Hoffnung (The Message of Hope) Gerhard Ludwig Müller Publisher Herder 280 pages € 24.99 [Editor’s Note: We’ve had this review in the queue since October, but with all that is currently transpiring in Rome, it seemed appropriate to …
Review: Fr. Walter Ciszek: With God in America
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit and chat with a saint? Then I commend to you the new book, With God in America, featuring the writings of Servant of God Walter Ciszek, S.J....
The Culture is Wrong, and The Church is Right: Zmirak’s New Book Reviewed
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism John Zmirak Regnery Publishing, 2016 256 pages $13.45 Scurry out and buy two copies of John “Bad Catholic” Zmirak’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. Keep one for yourself, and give the other to your …
Catholicism in America: A Review of Charles A. Coulombe’s “Puritan’s Empire”
Puritan’s Empire Charles A. Coulombe Tumblar House 624 pages $35.95 Puritan’s Empire by Charles A. Coulombe is a unique tour de force of American history from a Catholic high traditionalist perspective, spanning the colonial period to the modern day. Although some sections …
