'Always trust a stranger,' said David's mother when he returned from Rome. 'IIt's the people you know who let you down.' Half a life later, David is Father Anderton, a Catholic priest with a small parish in Scotland. He befriends two ...
The Smoke of Satan: How Corrupt and C...
Philip F. LawlerThe sex-abuse scandal, which has erupted anew in 2018, poses the greatest challenge that the Catholic Church has faced since the Reformation. In The Smoke of Satan, veteran Catholic journalist Philip Lawler explains why the crisis is ...
Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief ...
Daniel C. DennettWhat is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient tr...
Remain in Me: Holy Orders, Prayer, an...
James KeatingThe collaboration of priests and deacons in the ministry of the gospel has not always been without some tension. Remain in Me encourages clergy with this vital challenge through concrete commitments to spiritual direction and a new wa...
Rekindle the Gift of God: A New Handb...
Fr Roch Kereszty O. CistDrawing on fifty-nine years of experience as a Catholic priest, Fr. Kereszty provides spiritual, psychological, and pastoral guidance to priests, deacons, and seminarians for preaching, sacramental ministry, and spiritual direction. H...
Roman Encounters: The Unity of the Ch...
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig MullerCardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has assembled here his most noteworthy lectures, interviews, and dialogues to offer a clear and compelling exploration of Catholic ...
Priesthood and crisis are two words that appear to be very closely related. Or so it has seemed for the past thirty years and more. The crisis in the priestly ministry is constantly showing new sides, however-the issue of the priest's...