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Unpacking the Pope
BY Helen Sidhu
February 1-7, 2009 Issue 
Ratzinger’s Faith:
The Theology of
Benedict XVI
By Tracey Rowland
Oxford University Press, 2008
214 pages, $24.95
To order: oup.com
(800) 445-9714
by HELEN SIDHU
When Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope, secular media reports abounded with
caricatures such as “God’s... READ MORE
When Dad Is Homosexual
BY Gail Besse Gail Besse recommends Out From Under by Dawn Stefanowicz.
January 25-31, 2009 Issue
Out From Under: The Impact of
Homosexual Parenting
By Dawn Stefanowicz
Annotation Press, 2007
245 pages, $14.95
To order: annotationbooks.com
(877) 421-7323
Dawn
Stefanowicz’s autobiography lets us glimpse through a child’s eyes how it was
to live as a little girl whose father was a practicing... READ MORE
Pro-Life Reading Recommendations
January 18-24, 2009 Issue
What Is
‘Privacy?’
by JOHN M. GRONDELSKI
The Right to Privacy
By Janet E. Smith
Ignatius Press/National Catholic Bioethics
Center, 2008
105 pages, $14.95
To order: ncbcenter.org
(800) 651-1531
The Obama
administration will likely try to bring taxpayer-subsidized abortion and
civilly protected... READ MORE
Searching After One Soul
BY Elizabeth Yank
January 11-17, 2009 Issue
Saint Francis of Assisi and the
Conversion of the Muslims
By Frank M. Rega
Tan Books and Publishers, 2007
152 pages, $12.50
To order: tanbooks.com
(800) 437-5876
by ELIZABETH YANK
With tensions
rising between Muslims and Christians in some places, a good example of
relations with the... READ MORE
The Register Recommends
January 4-10, 2009 Issue
The Better Part: A Christ-Centered
Resource for Personal Prayer By John Bartunek, LC, Circle Press,
2007
Behind Bella: The Amazing Stories
of Bella
and the Lives It’s Changed By Tim Drake, Ignatius Press, 2008
Island of the World By
Michael D. O’Brien, Ignatius Press, 2007
John Paul II, We... READ MORE
The Week We Lost John Paul
BY LETICIA VELASQUEZ
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue
John Paul II, We Love You: Young
People Encounter the Pope
By Father Peter Mitchell
Servant Books, 2007
160 pages, $11.99
To order:
catalogue.americancatholic.org
(800) 488-0488
Catholics
remember with deep emotion what they were doing on the evening of Saturday,
April 2, 2005, when Pope John Paul... READ MORE
Despair and Conversion
BY Joy Wambeke
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
Island of the World
By Michael D. O’Brien
Ignatius Press, 2007
850 pages, $29.95
To order: ignatius.com
(800) 651-1531
by JOY WAMBEKE
Island
of the World reinforces Michael D. O’Brien’s position as a master
Catholic storyteller. It is the life story of Josip Lasta, a man of science who
is... READ MORE
Advent Reading
BY Brian Welter
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
Advent is a
time of expectation, a season to remember that the world once longed for a
Messiah.
The 25 days are for many a time of
heightened faith and renewed religious practice. But in 2008, Advent also comes
at a time of greater prominence of those who do not believe in God — and who
challenge... READ MORE
The Cardinal vs. the Communists
BY GERALD RUSSELLO
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
THE MARTYRDOM OF PATIENCE: The Holy See
and the Communist Countries (1963-89)
By Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
Ave Maria Centre of Peace, Toronto, 2007
376 pages, $19.95
To order: (800) 663-6279
As the events of the Cold War and
the fall of communism fade into the background, it is important for a... READ MORE
Revolutionary Darkness
BY BRIAN WELTER
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
I LOVED JESUS IN THE NIGHT: Teresa
of Calcutta — A Secret Revealed
By Paul Murray
Paraclete Press, 2008
125 pages, $18.95
To order: paracletepress.com
(800) 451-5006
The secular
press has misrepresented the dryness of faith Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
suffered as a lack of faith. Paul Murray,... READ MORE
‘Breathtaking’ Prayer Resource
BY STEPHEN MIRARCHI
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
THE BETTER PART:
A Christ-Centered Resource for
Personal Prayer
By John Bartunek, LC
Circle Press, 2007
1,019 pages, $35.95
To order: circlepress.org
(888) 881-0729
One of the
sharper details developing in the picture of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate is
the Pope’s dedication to prayer. In... READ MORE
Dawson Rediscovered
BY Carl E. Olson
SANCTIFYING THE WORLD: The
Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson
By Bradley J. Birzer
Christendom Press, 2007
300 pages, $30
To order: isibooks.org
(800) 526-7022
by CARL E. OLSON
“Though precious few remember him now, Christopher Dawson stood at the very center of
the Catholic... READ MORE
Hope in Hollywood
BY STEPHEN VINCENT
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
BEHIND BELLA: The Amazing Stories
of Bella
and the Lives It’s Changed
By Tim Drake
Ignatius, 2008
125 pages, $17.95
To order: ignatius.com
If you think
that Hollywood is a hopeless mess, this book offers a glimpse of hope. In a
large, hardcover, glossy format, Register senior writer Tim Drake... READ MORE
Becoming Saints
BY ERIC SCHESKE
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
SAINTS: A CLOSER LOOK
by Thomas Dubay, S.M.
Servant Books, 2007
170 pages, $12.99
To order: catalog.americancatholic.org
(800) 488-0488
If you take
away nothing else from this quick read, you should understand one thing: Saints
aren’t freaks.
Marist Father Thomas Dubay is a
retreat... READ MORE
Reader Recap: The Register Recommends …
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
RENDER UNTO CAESAR:
Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Doubleday, 2008
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG: A
Christian Guide to Conscience
by Thomas D. Williams, LC
FaithWords, 2008
ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
By Deal Hudson
Threshold... READ MORE
Faith, Family and Baseball
BY MARY CLAIRE KENDALL
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
A Sense of Belonging:
From Castro's Cuba to U.S. Senate, One Man's Pursuit of the American Dream
By Sen. Mel Martinez
Crown Publishing Group, 2008
256 pages, $26.95
To order: randomhouse.com
Mel Martinez
served as President Bush’s secretary of housing and urban development until
2004, then... READ MORE
Reading Up Before Election Day
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
With
Election Day just a month away, many people are turning their attention to the
presidential contest, congressional races and local voting, as well as ballot
initiatives. For many Catholics, it may be difficult to make choices when it
seems that no candidate has a perfect record or positions in... READ MORE
Smart Bombs
BY Ann Applegarth
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
FAITH, REASON, AND THE WAR AGAINST
JIHADISM:
A CALL TO ACTION
By George Weigel
Doubleday, 2007
195 pages, $18.95
To order: doubleday.com
by ANN APPLEGARTH
In Faith,
Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, George Weigel recalls Pope
Benedict XVI’s sober reminder to the West that if irrational... READ MORE
Sunday School Teacher
BY David Paul Deavel
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
JESUS, THE APOSTLES AND THE EARLY
CHURCH
By Pope Benedict XVI
Ignatius Press, 2007
163 pages, $14.95
To order: Ignatius.com
(800) 651-1531
Shortly after
being elected Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger received this accolade from a
Protestant theologian: “Pope Benedict is one of the greatest... READ MORE
Naturally Speaking
BY PETER SONSKI
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
RAISING KIDS IN
THE MEDIA AGE
By Jay Dunlap
Circle Press, 2007
96 pages, $12.95
To order: circlepress.org
(888) 881-0729
A list of modern technology terms that would
have resulted in blank stares only 25 years ago includes TiVo, HD, Xbox, RSS,
iPod, DVR, pop-up blocker, text message, Wii, Digg,... READ MORE
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