Pope’s answers delight; catechism guide may underestimate Catholics
Reviewed by Patrick J. Hayes
Catholic News Service
“Questions and Answers,” by Pope Benedict XVI. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Ind., 2008). 175 pp., $14.95. “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Catholic Catechism,” by Mary DeTurris Poust. Alpha Books (New York, 2008). 308 pp., $14.95.
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Priest’s stories treat African horrors with heartbreaking normalcy
Reviewed by Elizabeth Rackover
Catholic News Service
“Say You’re One of Them,” by Uwem Akpan. Little, Brown and Company (New York, 2008). 358 pp., $23.99.
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Historical study of Jewish children hidden from Nazis has some gaps
Reviewed by Eugene J. Fisher
Catholic News Service
“Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Belgian Nuns and Their Daring Rescue of Young Jews From the Nazis” by Suzanne Vromen. Oxford University Press (Oxford, England, 2008). 178 pp. $24.95.
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Collection of letters offers insights on influential Christian author
Reviewed by Mitch Finley
Catholic News Service
“Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis,” edited by Paul F. Ford. HarperOne (San Francisco, 2008), 374 pp., $23.95.
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One Fatima book offers message of hope while another merely confuses
Reviewed by Brian Welter
Catholic News Service
“The Last Secret of Fatima,” by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. Doubleday (New York, 2008). 192 pp., $21.95. “The Secret Still Hidden,” by Christopher A. Ferrara. Good Counsel Publications (Pound Ridge, N.Y., 2008). 248 pp., $14.95.
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The Bard of Avon: Claiming Shakespeare for our own
Reviewed by Franz Klein
Catholic News Service
“The Quest for Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon and the Church of Rome,” by Joseph Pearce. Ignatius (San Francisco, 2008). 216 pp., $19.95.
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Finding light in the slums of Bangkok
Reviewed by Allan F. Wright
Catholic News Service
“The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok,” by Greg Barrett. Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, 2008). 321 pp., $25.95.
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"101 Questions & Answers on Popes and the Papacy" and "Benedict of Bavaria: An Intimate Portrait of the Pope and His Homeland"
Reviewed by Christian Brother Jeffrey Gros
Catholic News Service
Readable volumes trace history of papacy, cultural context today
“101 Questions & Answers on Popes and the Papacy,” by Christopher M. Bellitto. Paulist Press (Mahwah, N.J., 2008). 177 pp., $16.95.
“Benedict of Bavaria: An Intimate Portrait of the Pope and His Homeland,” by Brennan Pursell. Circle Press (North Haven, Conn., 2008). 224 pp., $24.95.
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Thanks to author’s gifts, complex tale of patient, doctor comes alive
Reviewed by Peggy Weber
Catholic News Service
“The Secret Scripture,” by Sebastian Barry. Viking (New York, 2008). 300 pp., $24.95.
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In 11-country pilgrimage for peace, author finds hope for inner peace
Reviewed by Sister Mona Castelazo, CSJ
Catholic News Service
“Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace,” by Brandon Wilson. Pilgrim’s Tales (Paia, Hawaii, 2008). 328 pp., $17.95.
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