No Catholics Worship Statues?
While cleaning my house, I found a tattered, black and white photo of my father. I was ecstatic. I got to see my father never met, despite what they told me it was a wonderful man. Five weeks after giving birth to me, my 21-year-old mother received notice that my father had died in action. [...]
The Catholic Passion: Rediscovering the Power and Beauty of the Faith
From Booklist
Rather than dissecting and analyzing the often-dry dogma and the doctrines of Catholicism, Scott instead attempts to ignite a passion for the Catholic faith. By posing a series of fundamental questions about existence, about God, and about how we should live, he is able to reflectively [...]
Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments
From Publishers Weekly
Hahn, a convert to Catholicism who is professor of biblical theology at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, continues his popular expositions on various aspects of the Catholic faith in this treatise on the church’s seven sacraments. Written in the easy style that has opened the [...]
Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
Review
“[T]he importance of Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church lies in the fact that a bishop, an ecclesiastical `insider,’ has had the courage to challenge the institution of which he was a part and invite serious conversation regarding a broad range of church issues that [...]
The Catholic Passion: Rediscovering the Power and Beauty of the Faith
From Booklist
Rather than dissecting and analyzing the often-dry dogma and the doctrines of Catholicism, Scott instead attempts to ignite a passion for the Catholic faith. By posing a series of fundamental questions about existence, about God, and about how we should live, he is able to reflectively [...]
Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession
From Publishers Weekly
Fifty years ago on Saturday afternoons and evenings, long lines of faithful Catholics would snake through the aisles of their churches to the confessional booths. Today most American parishes schedule confessions for perhaps 30 minutes a week, and only a handful of people show up. [...]
