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Cistercian bases first novel on the life of a monk
A US-based Cistercian monk has penned a novel based on daily monastery life, offering a story of an older monk reflecting on the joys and challenges of his life. Source: Texas Catholic.
New biography revisits life of pioneering priest
A major new biography is inviting readers to reconsider the life of Fr John Joseph Therry, one of the pioneering priests of colonial Australia. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
New reading guide explores Pope’s first encyclical
A new Australian reading guide aims to help Catholics engage more deeply with Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, connecting its teaching on artificial intelligence, work and human dignity with the local experience of the Church. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Fifty women who changed the course of Church history
Fifty women, some who were accused of disobedience but went on to change the course of the Church’s history, have been featured in a new book. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Pope calls for peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons
In the foreword to his new book, Pope Leo XIV calls for peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons. Source: EWTN News.
Pope curates book of his previously unpublished works
Pope Leo XIV has curated a book of his homilies, addresses, and writings from his time as prior general of the Order of St Augustine. Source: The Tablet.
Unpublished homilies of Pope Benedict released in English
The Vatican has released an English edition of a book of Pope Benedict XVI‘s previously unpublished homilies. Source: OSV News.
Archbishop Coleridge reflects on his ‘later years’
An unexpected season of “silence, solitude and stillness” following his retirement helped Emeritus Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge craft his newly launched book “The Other Voice: Selected Texts of Later Years”. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Indigenous women share stories of hope on path to reconciliation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic have women opened up about their lived experience of hope in a new book inspired by the recent Jubilee Year. Source: ACU.