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The Ethical Being: A Catholic Guide to Contemporary Issues by Scott Kline (Novalis, 264 pages, softcover, $19.95)
It is not inevitable that a Catholic book about ethics must become a Catholic book about sex. Despite the popular notion that morality is the conservative, judgmental and unkind mode of talking about sex, Catholic moral science is not primarily a list of forbidden thoughts and acts which originate south of the belt buckle.
Examining the ‘powerful murder weapon’ of religion
By Andrea D'Angelo, Catholic Register SpecialThe coastal town of Shediac, N.B., is the lobster capital of the world. Two centuries ago, it was the site of one of the most gruesome murders in Canadian history.
‘Theology of dirt’ can stem ecological devastation
By Sara Stratton, Catholic Register SpecialSacred Acts: How ChurchesAre Working to Protect Earth’sClimate, edited by Mallory McDuff(New Society Publishers, 288pages, softcover, $17.95).
The environmental movement has much to learn from religion
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Curbing the effects of climate change and curing the environment will take religiously minded imagination, said author and professor Stephen Scharper.
A challenge to make the Creed our own
By Ellen Gable Hrkach, Catholic Register SpecialAn ideal book for the Year of Faith
We cannot serve both God and wealth
By Catholic Register StaffEditor’s note: Cornerstones of Faith: Reconciliation, Eucharist and Stewardship, by Cardinal Thomas Collins, was recently published by Novalis. What follows is an excerpt from the book.
Works of mercy rooted in human dignity
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic RegisterThe Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ by Mark P. Shea (Servant Books, an imprint of St. Anthony Messenger Press, 144 pages, $14.99).
American Catholic author Mark P. Shea delves into the topic of spiritual and corporal works of mercy without presenting new theology. Instead, his book offers a modern, and refreshing, update.
Along the way to where we should be
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterMost people are still seeking their life’s purpose, Fr. Frank Freitas believes.
Debunking the myths of the Council of Trent
By Marc B. Cels, Catholic Register SpecialIn time for the 450th anniversary of the closing of the Council of Trent, eminent Jesuit historian Fr. John W. O’Malley has written this concise and readable account of the council that determined the features of modern Roman Catholicism.
The journey into medical purgatory
By Joe GunnImagine crawling to the bathroom 15 times a day with painful rectal cramping, bloody diarrhea and in searing pain from swollen joints. Then, when you make it to the hospital’s emergency room, you’re finally rolled into, wait for it… a psychiatric ward storage room.
Quebec nun, 96, hits Japan’s big time
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOne of the best-selling Canadian authors alive over the last four months has been a 96-year-old nun who lives in Chofu City, Tokyo, and teaches women’s Bible study classes.