Book Reviews
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis
Pope Francis and the Caring Society
It is perhaps appropriate that I write a review of Pope Francis and the Caring Society on Fat Tuesday since one of Pope Francis’ bottom line critiques of our Western culture is that we [...]
Wind From Heaven
A recent book to recommend is Wind From Heaven: The Poet Who Became Pope. This book considers the heroic papacy of John Paul II from the perspective of Karol Wojtyla as primarily a scholar [...]
Reconciliation Re-Visited
If there is any literary film adaptation worth adding to one’s library it is the Granada TV version of Brideshead Revisited. It really is the most perfect screen adaptation of any novel ever. [...]
Can Catholics Endorse Capital Punishment?
Most Catholics who have paid attention would conclude that the Catholic teaching on capital punishment has developed. We used to support the execution of heinous criminals, but Pope St John Paul II put an [...]
Hobbit Lessons
I mentioned here a delightful new book by Inklings scholar Devin Brown. Devin is the author of The Christian World of The Hobbit. That longer study is a direct explication of the Christian themes [...]
Strange Gods
"You shall have no other Gods before me." trumpets the Lord in the Old Testament. St Benedict puts it the other way, "Prefer nothing to the love of Christ." Elizabeth Scalia is a daughter [...]