RADIO INTERVIEW: Vatican II book: ‘To Sanctify the World’ October 10, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with author George Weigel about his new book, “To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II.” The author discusses why the documents that came out of the church’s 21st plenary council are as beautiful today as they were when they were issued.
Author, former Marine, ponders how faith tempers horror, violence September 23, 2022By Mike Mastromatteo Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, World News In addition to garnering a National Book Award, “Redeployment” marked Phil Klay as a writing force to be reckoned with.
Author of new ‘Mother Teresa’ book shares his encounters with the saint September 7, 2022By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, Saints, World News Generations of people have come to know St. Teresa of Kolkata, better known as Mother Teresa, as a humanitarian, a role model, an example of holiness in action and an intercessor with God.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith August 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Is there intelligent extraterrestrial life elsewhere in the universe? And if there is, what do the Catholic Church, Scripture and theology have to say about it?
Former assistant fire chief aims to create ‘sense of hope’ in 9/11 memoir July 15, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Joseph W. Pfeifer’s book, “Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11” (Penguin Random House), published last year, won a Christopher Award in June. The awards, first presented in 1949 by the Christophers organization, founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller, are presented annually for works that embody “the highest values of humanity.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns July 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. We speak with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.
The Summer Reading List: A Ukrainian Primer June 9, 2022By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, The Catholic Difference Given the rubbish about Ukraine spewed out by Russian propaganda trolls and regurgitated by foolish or ideologically besotted Americans, this year’s annual Summer Reading List will focus on serious books that explain the background, including the religious dimension, of a conflict that will shape Europe’s future – and ours.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness May 9, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Parenting, Radio Interview, Saints In honor of Mother’s Day, Kelly Ann Guest shares some insights about Catholic saints who were also moms. Kelly is a former Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia in Nashville who is now the mother of nine children. She is the youth minister at St. Bartholomew in Manchester and the author of a new book, “Saintly Moms: 25 Stories of Holiness.”
Footnote leads to rediscovering future pope’s ’62 retreat for artists May 6, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News A footnote led to the rediscovery of a retreat for artists led by then-Bishop Karol Wojtyla, the future pope and saint, and to the Theology of the Body Institute’s first book produced by its new publishing arm.
RADIO INTERVIEW: The life and spirituality of St. Charles de Foucauld May 2, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Sister Cathy Wright, a Little Sister of Jesus and author of “St. Charles de Foucauld: His Life and Spirituality,” joins us to talk about the amazing life of a man who was a cavalry officer in the French Army, an explorer, a reformed sinner, a hermit and a priest who showed the importance of what Pope Francis has called a “culture of encounter.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: Cannonball Moments April 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Eric Clayton, who previously worked for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, is the author of “Cannonball Moments: Telling your Story, Deepening your Faith.” Drawing on the spiritual insights of St. Ignatius Loyola, the book encourages readers to develop a healthy sense of self-reflection as a means of drawing closer to Christ.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Understanding the devil’s tactics as we grow spiritually March 28, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Dan Burke breaks down St. Teresa Avila’s timeless classic, “The Interior Castle,” that explains the seven levels of progress in the spiritual life from a doctor of the church.
