We have found at the Catholic Book Club that different genres and authors inspire different readers and broad variations in discussion, another reason to mix it up a bit in terms of genres and styles. Our two most recent selections have been no exception.

John Prine, who died on Tuesday, April 7, was one of country-folk music's greatest lyricists.

How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.

What is Peter's Pence and how is it used?

Asked in 1986 to describe himself, Fred Rogers listed off a long catalog of descriptors, including performer and television producer, but he concluded with “a husband and a father. And I am a minister.”

We love our movies about wiseguys. But what happens when you live and work down the street from them?

While Prohibition’s popularity would wane by the end of the decade because of its unintended consequences, at the time of its ratification and implementation, it enjoyed a fair amount of popular support. Except in the pages of America.

When is it permissible, acceptable or prudent to deny the Eucharist to someone?

Do Catholics truly believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist? A recent survey says most don't...but it's complicated.

Theologian and Jesuit priest Michael Buckley, S.J., died last week in Los Gatos, Calif.