Tolkien’s world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and words December 18, 2024By Cecilia Hadley OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Commentary J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — the world of “The Lord of the Rings” and now the new animated film “The War of the Rohirrim” — was born, first and foremost, from Tolkien’s intense and lifelong love for language.
Iraqi police intercepted terrorists planning to assassinate him, pope says December 17, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On Pope Francis’ 88th birthday, two major newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean published two different excerpts from his new book on hope.
Surrendering emptiness in Advent December 12, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary Childish musings and wonder can give way to mystery as we get older and the idea of a young woman conceived without sin, bearing the son of God seems so far away from everyday life.
Books for Christmas – 2024 December 11, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Books, Commentary, The Catholic Difference In the spirit of happy browsing, here are some suggestions for Christmas book-giving (not “gifting”!) at a historical moment that needs equal doses of realism and hope.
Radio Interview: New books invite children to explore faith in deeper ways November 18, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Youth Ministry Catholic Review Managing Editor George P. Matysek Jr. talks with two Daughters of St. Paul about their new books geared to children.
Be on the lookout for hope; keep moving forward in faith, pope writes November 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News In preparation for the Holy Year 2025, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house, prepared collections of Pope Francis’ writing and preaching about Christian virtues with new introductions from the pope.
New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger’s collected works in English October 25, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican’s publishing house, has granted Word on Fire the exclusive English-language rights to translate and publish the collected works of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which were written in the late pope’s native German.
Pope Francis’ memoir to be published in January, publisher announces October 16, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of “Hope,” a book it described as Pope Francis’ autobiography, which the pope apparently planned to have released only after his death.
Beauty and mystery in ‘The Mystical Theology’ October 14, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary In his “The Mystical Theology,” pseudo-Dionysius wrote that “theology is both immense and most small and that the Gospel is broad and great and yet concise” as “the Good Cause of all is expressed with many words and yet with few and is even wordless, for there is no word or knowledge able to express It.”
In Argentina, Opus Dei ‘categorically’ denies allegations it’s involved in human trafficking October 11, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Books, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Argentine prosecutors issued a request that a formal inquiry be opened into allegations of human trafficking and exploitation made against Opus Dei — accusations the organization has “categorically” denied.
‘Opus’: Prelature describes author’s depiction of events as ‘absolute nonsense’ October 10, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, World News A new book accusing Opus Dei of dealing in human trafficking, forced labor as well as financial malfeasance by members who held powerful positions in a prominent Spanish bank is “absolute nonsense,” according to the organization.
‘Hannah’s Children’ author Catherine Pakaluk on population decline and the link between large families and faith October 2, 2024By Charlie Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Catherine Pakaluk, herself a mother of eight children, takes a deep dive into the stories of the American women choosing to have large families amid the trend of plummeting birth rates.