Excommunication and the Catholic Church Edward Peters Excommunication. To our modern ears, the very word evokes something dark and foreboding, something out-of-place in contemporary society.  Many associate excommunication with the medieval Church, with the Inquisition and witchhunts, and think it has no place in our more elightened and tolerant times.  Yet this ecclesiastical …

William E. May FAITH & MORALS An Introduction to Moral Theology, Second Edition, offers a clear, complete, and convincing examination and explanation of Catholic doctrine. Here - carefully documented, annotated, and indexed - is not only what the Church teaches but also why it is obligated to do so. And why its members are obligated to examine and to apply that teaching. This updated and …

Should we hold hands during the "Our Father"? Is liturgical dancing OK? Should the priest say "Good morning" at Mass? And what about those water lillies sprouting in our new font? Msgr. Peter Elliott responds to these and many other current liturgical questions in a clear and, at times humorous way. He deals with the questions people are asking about the way Mass and the Sacraments are meant …

Faith Facts Volume II - Answers To Catholic Questions Leon Suprenant, Jr. Philip Gray Is there salvation outside of the Catholic Church? What does the Catholic Church teach about capital punishment and why? Under what circumstances is an organ transplant acceptable? What is an annulment, and what are the procedures? Is the Enneagram a helpful tool for Catholics? These are some of the questions …

As never before, the Catholic Church has been called upon to be the defender of Scripture and preserver of truth in modern times.  Not by Faith Alone will set the biblical and historical record straight.  But more important, as you learn the real truth about salvation and all that it embraces, this book will offer you the means to come to one of the deepest relationships with God …

Deepening our Relationship with God the Father You are saved by grace - but do you really know what 'grace' is? Few concepts are more important in Catholic theology than that of grace, but most adult Catholics never move beyond a schoolchild’s understanding of grace. Charles Journet explores philosophy, revelation and history to explain grace fully. Journet lays out both the doctrinal …

Face to face with Pope Benedict. Real questions and real answers. This book is a collection of questions from live audiences of children, clergy, young adults, and others who had unprecedented access to ask the Pope about everything from divorce and remarriage to the Mass, consumerism, relativism, sacraments, Scripture, music, sex, vocations, and more! Discover the Pope's insightful, …

Archbishop George Pell This book is written for Catholic youth of high school and college age, addressing key issues and concerns that are important to youth today about faith and life. With a great pastoral love for young people growing up in a secular, hedonistic society, Archbishop Pell seeks to strengthen the hope of youth by explaining the depth of God's goodness and love as revealed in …

Why is THAT in Tradition? shows you how to deflate standard objections to Catholic doctrines and practices that have been taught for centuries - and how to use those very beliefs and practices to bring people into (or back into) the Catholic Church.

Christians of all sorts love Mere Christianity , the classic book by C.S. Lewis that spells out what all Christians believe.  But that book is only a beginning.  To get the whole story of the Christian faith, you need to come home to the Catholic Church. That's where this book comes in.  It homes in on the areas where Christians don't agree.  What the Church teaches about …

What does the Church teach about papal authority? How do I know if the Liturgy is celebrated faithfully according to the laws and norms of the Church? Is the Church behind the times on moral issues? What about the Bible? How does the Catholic Church understand inerrancy? These are just a few of the literally hundreds of questions that have been addressed by the Information Services Department …

What is Catholicism? Questions ... Answers ... Truth Can you defend your Faith without becoming tongue-tied or vacillating?  Do you feel adequately prepared to explain Church teaching to anyone who asks?   Now you can.   Using language and terms all of us can understand, Father John Redford gives straight answers to more than fifty of the hardest questions about Catholicism. …

Since the time of Martin Luther, Protestants have claimed that Scripture alone is the final, infallible rule of faith for man.  In doing so, they have also claimed that Sacred Tradition and Church Authority, although helpful, are not infallible and therefore cannot serve as authorities on par with Scripture.  Is this a correct understanding of Scripture, Tradition and the Church, and …

A priest friend brought us a copy of This Is the Faith with the endorsement that this is the best book he had ever seen for instructing people in the Faith-whether converts or those whose education in the Faith has not been complete, or who just want a good review. Once we read it, we had to agree! This book is at once com-plete and thorough, but also easy to read and very intelligible. Here …

Mother M. Angelica with Christine Allison Through her EWTN television and radio network that now spans the globe, millions of people look to the beloved Mother Angelica every day for inspiration and help with the problems of day to day life. Before she founded EWTN, Mother Angelica was author of extremely popular spiritual booklets of which there are more than 20 million in print. This …

An invaluable reference tool for any Catholic library. The Catholic Source Book , by Reverend Peter Klein, is a comprehensive collection of information gathered to help people of faith learn, renew, teach and live the risen life of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. This revised edition contains the essential teachings and basic texts of Catholic beliefs, prayers, practices, and …