Position Papers – Review of books
This article first appeared at: www.wordonfire.org. Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry. This article has been reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.
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.
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.
Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald. This article is reprinted with the kind permission of the author and the Catholic Herald.
Francis Phillips writes from Buckinghamshire in the UK. This article first appeared in The Catholic Herald.
Joseph McAleer is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service (www.catholicnews.com).
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.
Brad Miner is senior editor of The Catholic Thing, senior fellow of the Faith & Reason Institute, and a board member of Aid to the Church In Need USA. He is a former Literary Editor of National Review. His new book, Sons of St Patrick, written with George J. Marlin, will be published on St Patrick’s Day, 2016.
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 Centre of the Archdiocese of Washington. Website: www.frmccloskey.com.