Books

Book review: TK Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot

Fascinating behind the scenes stories of the political events of the late…

About the Author: Rev. Conor Donnelly

Fr Conor Donnelly qualified as a medical doctor in University College Dublin in 1977 and worked as a house physician and surgeon for one year at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin. He was ordained a priest in 1981 for the Prelature of Opus Dei. He obtained a doctorate in Theology from the University of Navarre, Spain in 1982. He is at present the chaplain of Kianda School for Girls, Kenya.

Book review: That Nothing May Be Lost

That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion Author…

About the Author: Rev C. John McCloskey III

Rev C. John McCloskey III is a Catholic priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. He is the former director of the Catholic Information Center of the Archdiocese of Washington. Website: www.frmccloskey.com.

Book review: Sons of Saint Patrick

Sons of Saint Patrick: A History of the Archbishops of New York,…

About the Author: Fr Gavan Jennings

Fr Gavan Jennings is a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature. He studied philosophy in Dublin and Rome and now works as a chaplain to university students.

Book review: The Closing of the American Mind: 30 years later

Author Allan Bloom 1987 (Simon & Schuster) In this essay, I offer…

About the Author: Nathan Schlueter

Nathan Schlueter is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hillsdale College. He is the author, with Nikolai Wenzel, of Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate. This article originally appeared in Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, NJ, and is reprinted with permission. See http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/05/18956/ for the original article.

Book review: Beyond Radical Secularism

Author Pierre Manent Publisher St. Augustine’s Press, 2016 Beyond Radical Secularism was…

About the Author: Rev C. John McCloskey

Rev C. John McCloskey III is a Catholic priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. He is the former director of the Catholic Information Center of the Archdiocese of Washington. Website: www.frmccloskey.com.

7 Books to feed the mind and edify the soul in 2017

Whether dealing with timeless questions of metaphysics and phenomenology, or the social…

About the Author: Matthew Becklo

Matthew Becklo is a husband and father, amateur philosopher, and cultural commentator at Aleteia and Word on Fire. His writing has been featured in First Things, The Dish, and Real Clear Religion.

Book review: The unseen Paul VI: an introvert who wore chains beneath his robes

I Met Paul VI – The Pope by Those Who Knew Him…

About the Author: Francis Phillips

Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald. This article is reprinted with the kind permission of the author and the Catholic Herald.

Book review: Doctor Zhivago at 60: a spiritual masterpiece

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Boris Pasternak’s…

About the Author: Francis Phillips

Francis Phillips writes from Buckinghamshire in the UK. This article first appeared in The Catholic Herald.

Book review:  With God in America: the Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit

With God in America landed on my desk hot off the press…

About the Author: Edward N. Peters

Edward N. Peters is an American canonist and Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura (an advisor/consultant to the Holy See’s top tribunal). He is professor of canon law at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Detroit.