There is no particular person author Ann Patchett has looked to for inspiration. Instead, she credits her Catholic faith for teaching her a boundless capacity...
Books and literature
Catholic book reviews, author interviews, and reflections on literature, faith, and culture. Dive into thoughtful Catholic perspectives on literature.
Here are a few books U.S. Catholic editors think are worth adding to your reading list this month Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara...
By William T. Cavanaugh (Eerdmans, 2008) Luke tells us in Acts 2 that the earliest Christians formed economic communities shaped by the Eucharist, sharing...
By Ron Hansen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008) The pivotal moment in Ron Hansen's Exiles comes almost exactly midway through the 225-page book. A fellow...
By Andrew Krivak (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008) What happens when a young person in a secular age feels God calling him to a decidedly countercultural way...
By Jim Wallis (HarperOne, 2008) Jim Wallis' prayers seem to have been answered. In 2005 the founding editor of Sojourners magazine decried the state of...
By Kathleen Norris (Riverhead, 2008) Did you know there used to be eight deadly sins? In the era of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, monks called them "bad...
Have you read a good book lately? A quarter century ago a dean at Boston College started serving up 27 ways to say yes to that question. The Dean's...
Spiritual seekers have long looked to free their souls in written wisdom, but those hoping to climb the heights today might find themselves buried under a pile...
On the feast of the Corpus Christi last year Pope John Paul II called for a special year dedicated to the Eucharist, and Christians looking to nourish their...
