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The Bible is among 10 ‘most challenged’ books of 2015
By Emily McFarlan Miller , Religion News ServiceWhat does the Bible have in common with Fifty Shades of Grey or one of John Green’s best-selling young adult novels?
Chesterton a ‘prophet of our times’
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – Although much of his work relies on long outdated references, there is still an inherent value to reading G.K. Chesterton’s essays, novels and short stories for Canadians today.
Nun recounts rape, abuse by priest in memoir backed by Catholic Church
By Josephine McKenna, Religion News ServiceROME - The Catholic Church, under scrutiny for its response to clergy sex abuse scandals, is backing the publication of an Italian nun’s shocking account of her rape as a teenager and years of subsequent abuse by her parish priest in Milan.
The little things make The Perfect Gift
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterIn 22 years, one story stands out among thousands of Chalice Canada’s success stories.
It’s a story about two friends worlds apart and two doves.
Kids’ questions to Pope become book
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Children may say the darnedest things, but when it comes to questions about faith they can make even the most learned parents and priests pause.
Pier Giorgio di Cicco and the story of a life
By Philippa Sheppard, Catholic Register SpecialFr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco immediately seizes the reader’s attention with his strong personal voice, the connecting feature of his new poetry collection Mystic Playground.
Church's credibility found in showing mercy, Pope says in new book
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Being ministers of God's mercy, church members overcome "prejudice and rigidity," taking risks like Jesus did in order to heal and to save, Pope Francis said.
Out of the Cold: A history of caring
By Catholic Register StaffEditor’s note: Launched almost 30 years ago as a project at Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School, the Out of the Cold program is a remarkable story of Christian outreach that last winter provided food and shelter to more than 12,000 homeless men and women. That success is celebrated in a just-released book by Catholic Register associate editor Michael Swan. In this excerpt from Out of the Cold: A history of caring, Swan recounts how the program found a home in one downtown Toronto church.
Jesuit story goes hand-in-hand with building of Canada
By Indre Cuplinskas, Catholic Register SpecialTeachers of a Nation: Jesuits in English Canada, Jesuit History Series, vol. 1, by Joseph B. Gavin S.J. (Novalis, 288 pages, hardcover, $34.95).
Builders of a Nation: Jesuits in English Canada, Jesuit History Series, vol. 2, Jacques Monet S.J. editor (Novalis, 288 pages, hardcover, $34.95).
Talk of Canada’s Jesuits and their history usually conjures images of St. Jean de Brebeuf and his seven companions martyred in the 17th century at the hands of the Iroquois. Those dramatic events, famously recounted in the Jesuit Relations, would inspire and encourage future generations of the Society of Jesus to missionary work and to the care and feeding of the cult of their martyr-confrères.
Where the euthanasia slippery slope lies
By Peter Kavanagh, Catholic Register SpecialDo You Call This A Life? Blurred Boundaries in the Netherlands Right-to-Die-Laws, by Gerbert van Loenen (Ross Lattner, 196 pages, softcover, $20).
Canadian judges and Members of Parliament should read this book.
Author tackles atheism with humour
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterLaughter might truly be the best medicine if it can encourage friendly conversation between Christians and atheists. That was Andy Bannister’s goal when he wrote The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist.