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Books Magnifica Humanitas

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.

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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.

Books Pope Leo XIV

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.

Books Pope Leo XIV

Pope curates book of his previously unpublished works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.

Benedict XVI Books

Unpublished homilies of Pope Benedict released in English

The Vatican has released an English edition of a book of Pope Benedict XVI‘s previously unpublished homilies.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.

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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.

Books First Nations

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.

Books Theology

New book brings 50 years of journal’s theology to new audience

Catholic theologian Tracy Rowland’s latest book, Introducing Communio Theology, was launched in Melbourne on April 23. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Books Religious Orders

New book celebrates 60 years of congregation in Victoria

Presentation Sisters Victoria have launched a new book detailing the history of their congregation in Victoria since the Second Vatican Council.