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Radio Interview: Hope for the holidays

November 27, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Books, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

Paul Jarzembowski offers inspiration and some practical advice for celebrating the holidays in a meaningful, hope-filled way.

Pope: Contemplate greatness of God’s love in simplicity of a crèche

November 24, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Advent, Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Marking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi putting together the first Christmas crèche in a cave in Greccio, Italy, the Vatican publishing house compiled texts by Pope Francis about Nativity scenes and asked him to write a special introduction.

Seven new books to help feed your mind and your faith

November 11, 2023
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, News, World News

In this year’s annual fall book review, we offer seven selections to support you in your faith journey:

C.S. Lewis’ work continues to gain popularity 60 years after his death

September 24, 2023
By Jonathan Luxmoore
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, News, World News

When Clive Staples Lewis bought The Kilns, a former brick factory, in 1930, he used its quiet remoteness to produce a stream of literary and spiritual masterpieces that are still quoted with reverence today.

Pope: Dorothy Day’s life shows evangelizing power of charity, witness, love

August 23, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News

Dorothy Day was “a great witness to faith, hope and charity in the 20th century,” a woman who loved the Catholic Church despite the flaws of its members and who knew that serving God meant serving the poor and working for justice, Pope Francis wrote.

Writing about Georgetown’s history of involvement in slavery has not shaken author’s Catholic faith

July 10, 2023
By Mark Pattison
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News

Since 2016, Rachel L. Swarns has been researching Georgetown University’s involvement in the slave trade, including the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved people to help pay off debts the Jesuit priests incurred in running the university.

RADIO INTERVIEW: C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia

May 15, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

Joining Catholic Review Radio to talk about the significance of C.S. Lewis’ imaginative world and the spiritual benefit Lewis’ stories have on children and adults alike is Leonard DeLorenzo, editor of “Chronicles of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey with C.S. Lewis.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Resurrecting spiritual classics

May 1, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

The Catholic Review talks with Father Robert Nixon about how he goes about translating spiritual classics and we take a closer look at one of his recently completed translations, a book by Thomas A Kempis called “Meditations on Death: Preparing for Eternity.”

‘Befriending St. Joseph’, and imagining his silent sorrows

March 17, 2023
By Elizabeth Scalia
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Saints, World News

In “Befriending St. Joseph: Finding Faith, Hope and Courage in the Seven Sorrows Devotion” (Ave Maria Press, 2022), Deacon Greg Kandra was challenged to find a way to speak of — and perhaps for — this saint of silence.

Everyone must take part in politics for the common good, pope says

February 27, 2023
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Everyone must engage in politics, which is simply what it means to take part constructively in the life of a nation or society, Pope Francis said in a new book of interviews.

In a polarized world, what is the mission of the church?

February 20, 2023
By Charlie Camosy
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Commentary

Father R. Aaron Wessman, the author of “The Church’s Mission in a Polarized World” (New City Press), explores how we might rein in the momentum of hate that is pushing us further and further apart.

Bible is ‘key to evangelization’ and soul of theology, says Bishop Barron

December 25, 2022
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Bible, Books, Feature, News, World News

Bishop Robert E. Barron spoke to Catholic News Service about the Word on Fire Catholic Ministries’ Bible project, which will be a seven-volume series when completed.

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