One of the signs of a truly great book is when it is able to package perennial truths that we all need to hear in such a way that they seem new and vibrant.  This is one of the qualities of a French writer that I came across a few years ago, namely Fr. Jacques [...]

Every once in a while the Atlantic Monthly comes out with a serious article that is worth reading, even if it is pretty long.  Nicolas Carr has put out a long, dense piece about the impact of Google on how our brains are now humming along. I’m sure many people have seen this piece pop up in [...]

Anne Rice’s second novel about the life of Jesus is out and it’s got rave reviews (including one by Peter Kreeft). Check it out!

Some of you may remember January 28th 1988: it was that awful day in which the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment on the Morgentaler Case, thereby removing the abortion provision from the criminal code. I was working on my Masters back then, and I was sure the judgment wouldn’t last. Well it’s been [...]

The subtitle “Conversations on God and religion” is an excellent way of summarizing the basic thrust of Do you Believe? Antonio Monda has taken advantage of his contacts within the artistic world to interview 18 prominent individuals within influence on contemporary culture, ranging from Jane Fonda to Spike Lee to David Lynch to Salman Rushdie. [...]

You may have read some of the books by Paul Vitz, an American psychiatrist who has written a number of fascinating books on the relationship between psychology and religion.   One of his most recent books is called Faith of the Fatherless, in which he gives an account of the relationship between fatherlessness and atheism.  He goes through many [...]

I distinctly remember watching American news channels in the days following the September 11 attacks, in which journalist after journalist asked their invited guests: “Why do they hate us so much?” Americans knew they were now at war, but with whom, and why? “Faith, Reason, and the War against Jihadism” is George Weigel’s significant attempt [...]

Anyone who has ever contemplated the image of Mother Teresa in action among the poorest of the poor is left, at some point, wondering: how did she do it? Recent revelations that she lived a profound interior darkness (the Dark Night of the soul) for much of her later life only make the question even [...]

Many centuries ago St. John Climacus wrote the Ladder of Divine Ascent as a tool to help monks journey towards spiritual perfection. The work is considered a spiritual classic, and is still read every year within Eastern monasteries during the season of Lent. Still, given the specific audience, as well as the time in which [...]

I get a lot of books to review, and I must confess that very few make it off my “review” shelf to my reference shelf. Light, Happiness and Peace is one of the rare ones, though, that I know I’ll be going back to in the future. Fr. Pasquini’s goal in writing this book is [...]