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A station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. (Peter Milosevic/Wikimedia Commons)

Exploring the Christ-like figure in the Russian novel ‘Matryona’s House’

Heather King|Dec 6, 2024|4 Min Read

Edward Vattmann. (Image via jameshannawriter.com)

Faith

The immigrant priest who became U.S. history’s Catholic chaplain

Msgr. Richard Antall|Nov 26, 2024|5 Min Read

Sister Mary Antona Ebo, a Franciscan Sister of Mary, is pictured in the front row at the center with her superior, Sister Eugene Marie Smith, as they march in Selma, Ala., March 10, 1965, to support voting rights for Black Americans. A new book from Ignatius Press, "Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights: 1800s to Present," tells the story of 16 different Catholics who advocated for human dignity and is set for release Sept. 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy St. Louis Review)

New book tells the story of 16 Catholic heroes of civil and human rights

Katie Yoder|Sep 10, 2024|5 Min Read

A child opens to an illustration of St. Joan of Arc in "Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace and Courage" by Carey Wallace. (CNS/George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic Review)

Is a renaissance for Catholic children’s books underway?

Elise Ureneck|Aug 21, 2024|7 Min Read

A Legionaries of Christ seminarian is silhouetted as he attends a Mass in the chapel of Regina Apostolorum University in Rome in this 2013 file photo. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Why Pope Francis wants us to slow down and read a good book

Nick Ripatrazone|Aug 15, 2024|5 Min Read

Leslie Williams (Submitted photo)

Q&A: Poet Leslie Williams and a spiritual exploration of friendship

Heather King|Jul 12, 2024|4 Min Read

Kadare

Farewell to the Albanian poet from ‘Lunatics’ Lane’

Msgr. Richard Antall|Jul 9, 2024|6 Min Read

Portrait of Florida Scott-Maxwell circa 1910, by Amanda Brewster Sewell, 1859-1926, American.

‘Measure of My Days’ and the dangers of ‘sameness’

Heather King|Jul 5, 2024|4 Min Read

Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Murphy, pictured in a 1996 file photo, wrote a series of dispatches on the Second Vatican Council for The New Yorker magazine. Written under the pseudonym Xavier Rynne, his "Letters From Vatican City" caused a sensation by offering a behind-the-scenes look into the secret proceedings. (CNS file photo from The Catholic University of America)

A new novel inspired by Vatican II’s mole is stranger than fiction

Msgr. Richard Antall|Jun 13, 2024|5 Min Read

A consecrated virgin's ring is seen at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit Sept. 25, 2021. It symbolizes a commitment to live as a "bride of Christ," taking no earthly husband and promising fidelity, chastity and obedience to him.(CNS/Tim Fuller, Detroit Catholic)

Where there’s chastity, there is also freedom

Heather King|May 24, 2024|4 Min Read

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If we cater so much to kids, why are they so miserable?

Heather King|May 17, 2024|4 Min Read

A groom and bride hold hands on their wedding day. (CNS file photo/Jon L. Hendricks)

The privilege of marriage: A new book says the quiet part out loud

Elise Ureneck|Apr 29, 2024|5 Min Read

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