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New York Bishops: "not every issue is of equal moral gravity..."
No more Catholic Charities adoptions in San Francisco
Bishop Martino of Scranton's Respect Life Pastoral Letter
Bishop Robert W. Finn on Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) and its supporters
Benedict on St. Paul and Christian liberty
Ratzinger and Guardini: A decisive encounter
Archbishop Vlazny: Gov. Kulongoski's support of NARAL an "embarrassment" and "scandal"
Archbishop Burke: "the Democratic Party risks transforming itself definitely into a 'party of death'"
Former ND president Fr. Hesburgh: "I have no problem with females or married people as priests..."
Thank you
"It really bothers me when people impose their moral beliefs on others."
Bishop Jaime Soto speaks the truth in love about love...
St. Paul and Relativism
Selling Stem Cell Snake Oil
JOB OPENING at Ignatius Press
And Much More!








• The Ignatius Press Book Meme Carl E. Olson | A little quiz about Ignatius Press books.

• Selections from Lumina | New Lumina | Adrienne von Speyr | Excerpts from a beautiful little book of brief meditations on the love of God by the Swiss spiritual writer, mystic and medical doctor von Speyr.

• Benedict in Paris: "Logos is among us." | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Why did Benedict give his address, "On the Roots of European Culture," in a revamped College that owes its origin to St. Bernard of Clairvaux?

• The Meaning of Dogma | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Catholicism has always taken dogmatic statements seriously because it realizes that the failure to state the truth properly often leads to error.

• China's Struggling Catholics: A Second Report on the Church in Beijing | Anthony E. Clark | A report on three of the major Catholic churches in the capital of China and the formidable challenges faced by Catholics there.

• Beauty and the Sacred | Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J. | "A person deprived of beauty is like a person deprived of love. A person cannot attain happiness without beauty--sensible, intellectual or religious."

• Fessio and Pearce Talk About Shakespeare | Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. and Joseph Pearce | A video of the founder and editor of Ignatius Press interviewing the author of The Quest for Shakespeare.

• The Meaning and Purpose of Marriage | Alice von Hildebrand | The beauty of the marital embrace is meant to benefit not only the spouses themselves but all those related to them.

• Father Jenkins' "Creative Contextualization" | Thomas S. Hibbs | A look at the fallout from Notre Dame president Father John Jenkins' decision to keep The Vagina Monologues on the Notre Dame campus.

• Where the Laborers are Few | Jeff Ziegler | A special report about statistics relating to seminarians and vocations to the priesthood in Europe, Latin America, the U.S., and Canada.

• The Truth About Families | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A review of Jennifer Roback Morse's book, Love and Economics.

• Are Sen. Biden's Views on Abortion "Totally Consistent with Catholic Social Doctrine"? | Carl E. Olson | Not even close, according to official Catholic social teachings.

• From "The Appeal to Antiquity" | Adrian Fortescue | An excerpt from the opening chapter of The Early Papacy to the Synod of Chalcedon in 451.

• Denys the Areopagite and the Divine Light | Carl E. Olson | An audio interview with Dr. William Riordan, author of Divine Light: The Theology of Denys the Areopagite.

• The Beijing Invitation | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The Olympics remind us that many governments see religion as something to be controlled and persecuted.

• China's Thriving Catholics: A Report From Beijing's South Cathedral | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. | A report on a recent visit to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, one of Beijing's most beautiful churches.

• What's a "Pretend Ex-Boyfriend"? | Mary Beth Bonacci | It's never too early to start teaching little girls about the difference between a boyfriend and a husband.

• Against What Do We Fight? On Cardinal Dias at Lambeth | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | What did Ivan Cardinal Dias, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, say Lambeth?

• The Introduction to Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church | Donna Steichen | The introduction to stories of former radical feminists who reconciled with the Church.

• Ultimate Battles | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A review of Dr. Raymond Dennehy's novel, Soldier Boy, which depicts the battle in heaven between Lucifer and St. Michael the Archangel.

• The Beginnings | Vernon Johnson | Chapter One of One Lord, One Faith.

• Will To Truth: On the Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | "The virtue that I most associate with Solzhenitsyn is ... the courage to tell the truth when the regime, any regime, is built on a lie."

• The Underpopulation Problem | Michael J. Miller | Steven W. Mosher, president of Population Research Institute, talks about the ongoing work of population controllers to promote contraception and abortion worldwide.

• Elections and the Parish | Fr. Frank Pavone | The president of Priests for Life provides an overview of what it means to practice "Eucharistic citizenship" along with ten steps to help guide Catholic voters.

• Walking In the Footsteps of Saint Paul | Carl E. Olson | Steve Ray offers many insights into the life, work, and writings of St. Paul.

• What I Learned From Henry Morgentaler | Carl E. Olson | In 1991 I heard Dr. Morgentaler speak passionately of his favorite topic: abortion.

• The Catechism: Proclamation and Pedagogy | Petroc Willey, Ph.D., S.T.L., Pierre de Cointet, and Barbara Morgan | The Preface to The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Craft of Catechesis.

• Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Death: Why John Paul II Was Right | Dr. Raymond Dennehy | A penetrating analysis of Pope John Paul II's The Gospel of Life and the culture of death.


• Who Is "The Universe" And Why Does It Care What I Think? | Mary Beth Bonacci
• Introduction to The Gift of Infallibility | Rev. James T. O'Connor
• Discerning What Is Christian | Margaret M. Turek
• Priests of the Domestic Church: A Father's Day Homily | Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
• The Ministry of the Bishop in Relation to the Blessed Trinity | Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I.
• Angelo Roncalli and Priestly Celibacy | Fr. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• Jesus in the Gospel of Luke | Christoph Cardinal Schönborn
• Pope Benedict XVI, Theologian of Joy | Monsignor Joseph Murphy
• Introduction to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's God's Word: Scripture, Tradition, Office | Peter Hünermann and Thomas Södin
• The Next Life Is a Lot Longer Than This One | Mary Beth Bonacci
• The Renewal of Vatican II: Distractions and Distortions | Douglas Bushman, S.T.L.
• "Introduction to Christianity": Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Chopra's Christ: The Mythical Creation of a New Age Panthevangelist | Carl E. Olson


• Chesterton and Orthodoxy: An Insight Podcast | Dale Ahlquist
• Chesterton and the "Paradoxy" of Orthodoxy | Carl E. Olson
• The Emancipation of Domesticity | G.K. Chesterton
• Experience, Reason, and Authority in the Apologetics of Ronald Knox | Fr. Milton Walsh
• St. Thomas and St. Francis | G.K. Chesterton
• Mary and the Convert | G.K. Chesterton
• ChesterBelloc | Dr. Ralph McInerny
• Seeing With the Eyes of G.K. Chesterton | An Interview with Dale Ahlquist
• Recovering The Lost Art of Common Sense | Dale Ahlquist
• The Life and Theme of G.K. Chesterton | Fr. Randall Paine


• The Inquisitions of History: The Mythology and the Reality | Rev. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• Chapter 1 of Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau | Fr. Jean Bernard
• Chapter 1 of The Living Wood: Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine (A Novel) | Louis de Wohl
• Traveling With the Apostolic Fathers | An Interview with Steve Ray
• Rediscovering Christopher Dawson | Brad Birzer
• On Writing A History of Christianity in China | Fr. Jean-Pierre Charbonnier
• St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Early Church | Kenneth Whitehead


• The Monsignor and the Don | An Interview with Fr. Milton Walsh
• From Catholicism to Radical Feminism and Back | An interview with Lorraine V. Murray
• "The Best Books I Read in 2007..." | IP Authors, Editors, and Staff
• Hell on Earth and the Hope of Heaven | An interview with Michael O'Brien
• Faithful Even Unto Death: The Witness of Alfred Delp, S.J. | Fr. Albert Münch
• William P. Clark: The Quiet Catholic Who Changed the World | An interview with Paul Kengor
• "Jews Demand Signs" | An Interview with Roy Schoeman
• The Gift of the Abbey of Regina Laudis | An Interview with Antoinette Bosco
• Why Are There So Many Ugly Churches? | An interview with Moyra Doorly
• Going Deeper Into the Old Testament | Interview with Aidan Nichols, O.P.
• Reform or Return? An Interview with Rev. Thomas M. Kocik
• The Theological Genius of Joseph Ratzinger | An Interview with Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, S.V.D.


• On The Risk of Listening
• "The Agent of Truth on the Margin of the World"
• "The Reality of God": Benedict XVI on the Trinity
Ratzinger's Faith and Reason
• The Papal Visit
• Resurrection and Real Justice


• Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up? | Joseph Pearce
• Finding Shakespeare and Reclaiming the Classics | An interview with Joseph Pearce
• ID vs. "Big Science"--On The Big Screen | Carl E. Olson
• Pornography, Electronic Media and Priestly Formation | Sister Marysia Weber, R.S.M., D.O.
• Dawkins' Delusions | An interview with Fr. Thomas Crean, O.P.
• Opening pages of Island of the World | Michael O'Brien


• The Movement that Won't Die | Elenor K. Schoen
• Roman Catholics for Obama '08 | Paul Kengor
• Flawed History, Flawed Decision | Fr. Ralph Wright, O.S.B.
• The Church Betrayed? | Germain Grisez
• Warning: This Is a Dangerous Book | Lorraine V. Murray
• A Genuine Conversion or Act of Perjury? | Joanna Bogle
• Priestly Vocations in America | Jeff Ziegler



   















G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American Chesterton Society and author of G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.




Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication and Communion in the Catholic Church
by Russell Shaw


Shaw, the former communications director for the U.S. Bishops, discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and the serious problem of mistrust that exists in the credibility of the Church. He is not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people's reputations, but with the stifling, deadening misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to communion and community in the Church in America. Shaw raises such questions as: What kind of Church do we want our Church to be, open or closed? What kind of Church should it be? And how much secrecy is compatible with having such a Church? As Pope Benedict XVI has stated, "The consequence is clear: we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another." The Church is a communion, not a political democracy, and thus openness and accountability are even more crucial for the life of the Church than they are in a democracy. In a talk he gave many years before he became the current Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had this to say about the reality of ecclesial communion: "Fellowship in the Body of Christ and receiving the Body of Christ means fellowship with one another. This of its very nature includes mutual acceptance, giving and receiving on both sides, and readiness to share one's goods ... In this sense, the social question is given quite a central place in the theological heart of the concept of communion." This is a beautiful vision of the Church. Shaw's aim in his book is to make a contribution to realizing this vision in the concrete circumstances of the present day, by helping to end the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and replacing the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith. Read more about Nothing to Hide.








 
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