In keeping with our longstanding custom every December we recommend an illustrated gift book or a special-edition work to our club members This month it is Art of the Cr egrave che Nativities From Around the World by James L Govan For more details on this book see my piece called Deck the Shel

A year ago this month in a one-room schoolhouse in the small Amish community called Nickel Mines Lancaster County Pa an otherwise peaceful and idyllic setting was pierced with the ring of gunfire The shooter the father of three was allegedly angry with God over the death of his newborn fi

Emeritus president of the University of Rochester whose previous books include The Idea of a Catholic University Dennis OBrien poses three questions in his provocative new book Finding the Voice of the Church Is there a voice of Christian faith Can what is said about our faith be distorted by h

The face of the Catholic Church in America has changed--and will likely continue changing--in the wake of Vatican II historic events scandals a new papacy and an increasingly pro-active laity Based on almost two decades of Gallup surveys from 1987 to 2005 American Catholics Today has been uni