Book News
Book Review: Author of 'Here I am' falls short with long-winded novel
By Richard Greene, Catholic Register SpecialJonathan Safran Foer used to be the next big thing in American fiction. Now, at 39, he is auditioning (not yet successfully) for the part of major author.
Noted biblical scholar Jesuit Father Fitzmyer dies at age 96
By Catholic News ServicePHILADELPHIA – Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer, a leading Catholic biblical scholar, died Dec. 24 at Manresa Hall, a Jesuit infirmary in Philadelphia. He was 96.
Book Review: Consecrated life isn’t dying, just changing
By Paul Laverdure, Catholic Register SpecialWhat is new in Canadian religious life? Actually, a lot.
New book chronicles Canadian artists’ lives of faith and search for meaning
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you think of artists as strange, unbalanced, complicated personalities whose natural habitat is somewhere on the margins, Herman Goodden is not about to change your opinion. But if you think books about art and artists are dull, academic, jargon-laden wastes of time, paper and ink, Goodden wants you to think again.
'Portraits of Faith' puts spotlight on young Catholic Canadians
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterSingle, engaged, married and ordained Catholics share stories of their faith life in a new book by Faith Connections and the Sisters of St. Joseph Toronto.
On the front lines with the Padre
By Catholic Register StaffRev. Major Mike Dalton is Canada’s most decorated Roman Catholic chaplain, but that only tells us he did his job very well. A greater part of his story is what is revealed in his diaries written from the World War II battlefields of Europe, of the humanity and spirituality that could be found even in the most grim of settings.
In truth, we 'More Than Survive'
By Catholic Register StaffIn his new book More Than Survive, author Fr. Frank Freitas proposes that God wants us to thrive in an increasingly hectic world. What follows is an excerpt from More Than Survive, published this month by Catholic Register Books.
Henri Nouwen’s intimate letters shed light on his ‘theology of the heart’
By John Murawski, Religion News ServiceAs one of the 20th century’s pre-eminent Christian spiritual voices, the Catholic priest and missionary Henri Nouwen touched millions of people worldwide with his moving lectures and 39 published books.
A new Quran attempts to bridge divide between Christians and Muslims
By Lauren Markoe, Religion News ServiceBy the authors’ count, the Quran has been translated into English 212 times since the 17th century — but never like this.
Book Review: Author pounds another crack in the foundation
By Catholic Register StaffThis short book is boiled down from an interesting and at times incendiary interview of Cardinal Raymond Burke by French author Guillaume d’Alançon. Interesting in that it offers insight into the thoughts of a distinguished and highly influential Churchman. Incendiary in that it often seems d’Alançon is seeking to juxtapose the thought of Burke with that of Pope Francis in a way that may (and possibly seeks to) inflame divisions within the Church.
Modern-day hero cop, Catholic to boot
By Philippa Sheppard, Catholic Register SpecialMove over Hercule Poirot and Adam Dalglish. John Delano has supplanted both as the most endearing sleuth of modern fiction.