One day, philosopher Peter Kreeft reads an open letter published by a friend, Nat Whilk. He's Catholic, but he sees the Church as unsteady, outdated, obsessive. As a challenge to the "True Believers", Nat pens a twenty-point manifesto for "cafeteria Catholics", who pass up certain Church teachings and scoop up others like a diner in a buffet line." I find in [Catholicism] both much to accept and even love and also much to refuse and even despise", he asserts. "If you insist on tying God to the Church, you will make me an atheist."

A grandparent’s role in the lives of their grandchildren can often be confusing: How and when do you take a role of instructing and guiding your grandchildren while respecting the role their parents are playing? What kind of wisdom do you impart that will be effective in their formation as responsible, faith-filled adults?

Ciao! Meet Carlo, an Italian teenage techie who loved coding, video games, and animals, and who lived a life that put him on the highway to heaven! Meet the faith-filled teenager set to become the first millennial saint in this fascinating and visually-engaging biography for ages 8-11.

Includes fun and informative sidebars detailing historical, cultural, and religious terms, as well as information on the canonization process.

For almost the entire history of the Church, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been returning to the world she left nearly two millennia ago.

Find the help and encouragement you need to work through the process of forgiveness and find freedom in Christ. Explore what forgiveness is (and what it isn't); how to forgive and why; how to work through anger; ways to forgive when we cannot reconcile; approaches to forgiving without condoning hurtful behavior; and help for forgiving members of the Church.

The Seven Last Words by Bishop Fulton Sheen, was written eighty years ago. Few books can match it for either retreat or Lenten spiritual reading. Christ's statements on Calvary, as recorded in the Gospels, are reflected upon and prayed over. This is a work of devotion meant to stimulate one another ever more heroically. The truly cosmic implications of the shattering events of Calvary are brought to the fore in these stirring reflections.

This pocket-sized booklet of thirty meditations will help you unlock the courage to believe in God’s desire to save and bless you, especially in times of sadness and desolation. Each meditation includes a Scripture passage; a brief reflection by Sister Kathryn James Hermes, FSP, award-winning author of Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach; and a short prayer.

Think faith and science don't go together? Think again! Meet the faith-filled Catholics behind groundbreaking discoveries in science and math with this illuminating collection of twenty-eight biographies and stunning black-and-white illustrations of pioneering men and women like Father Gregor Mendel, Louis Pasteur, Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, and Sister Miriam Michael Stimson.

The lives of the saints are a great source of inspiration and reassurance for us. The holy women in Saintly Moms can help us better, to understand motherhood as a vocation, just like any other calling from God, and a path to holiness.

Can time be our friend?

At first glance, the question seems ridiculous, because the apparent scarcity of time is a constant source of stress in our busy lives. Thee are not enough hours in the day, we say as we collapse late at night. Deep down we know that we cannot go on like this.