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The responses to the “So Tell Me” thread are interesting. Some of the books people are expressing a need for actually exist, though, in one form or another. If you have any suggestions for books that seem to meet the needs articulated down there, post them here.

Somehow, this one hasn’t been on my radar at all. Via Kansas City Catholic, a youth ministry called Hard as Nails is garnering some attention. There was an HBO documentary on the ministry last night (which I missed) and it was featured on Nightline last night as well. The ministry’s website. The angle is toughness…

…of the “Doctrinal Note”  – a pdf file.

The little boy featured in this video with his loving family died 11 minutes after he was born, last week. The parents had received a diagnosis of anencephaly earlier in the pregnancy, were advised to abort, but made the decision to accept the “counsel and wisdom of the Church and bring him to full term” (from a…

The text of the “summary points” 1. The Doctrinal Note is devoted principally to an exposition of the Catholic Church’s understanding of the Christian mission of evangelization, which is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ; the word “Gospel” translates “evangelion” in the Greek New Testament. “Jesus Christ was sent by the Father to proclaim the…

What do you want to read a book about? Nonfiction, not fiction. Religious/spiritual with a Catholic emphasis. What do you and people you know want that’s not out there? What subject interests you to the point that you would read a book about it? Tell me.

This has been rumored and reported for a while, but this report from a Mexican news source seems solid: Benedict personally tells Legion of Christ to ditch “private vows.” Pope Benedict XVI had personally asked for the repeal of the private vows professed by the seminarians and priests of the Legionaries of Christ. These were…

All of Benedict’s discourses on the Fathers of the Church have been excellent, but I found today’s, on Paulinus of Nola, particularly affecting. Teresa Benedetta has translated: The Pope, as he always does, begins with an overview of Paulinus’ life: born in Aquitane, educated, entered into civil service, converted to Christianity, married, had a son…

A pretty amazing new website from the Congregation for the Clergy, Biblia Clerus provides a wealth of resources. Central to the effort is the cross-indexing of Scripture with references from the Early Church Fathers, Aquinas, important Church councils, Magisterial texts (wait…the Magisterium?? Never mind.)  and spiritual writers. Do you know how much I could have used…

As has been reported in various spots, the USCCB has withdrawn their review of The Golden Compass. No reasons have been given, but one can assume that the advertising debacle, in which lines from the review were exploited for ad copy, might have something to do with it. The question is being raised here and…
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