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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
By Megan Sweas
The Vatican's paper has moved up to the 1970s with its cultural critiques, saying that The Blues Brothers is a Catholic classic. It's all part of L'Osservatore Romano's efforts to be more relevant.
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Reading jesus: A writer’s Encounter with the Gospels

Monday, November 9, 2009
By goodwink
Reading jesus: A writer’s Encounter with the Gospels
By Mary Gordon (Pantheon, 2009)
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Favorite childhood books: Share yours on our forum

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By goodwink
Favorite childhood books: Share yours on our forum
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10 Things I Hate About Christianity

Friday, September 18, 2009
By goodwink
10 Things I Hate About Christianity
By Jason Berggren (X Media, 2009) So much for Paul's assertion to the Corinthians that "the greatest of these is love." Jason Berggren openly admits in his debut book, subtitled "Working Through the Frustrations of Faith," that hate isn't what you're supposed to feel, but he's an angry young man and he does anyway.
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A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop

Friday, September 18, 2009
By goodwink
A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop
by Rembert Weakland (Eerdmans, 2009) When Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland resigned in May 2002, he did so in the midst of a media firestorm. Earlier that month, ABC News had broadcast an interview with Paul Marcoux, who claimed that Weakland had sexually assaulted him two decades earlier.
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Outliers: The Story of Success

Friday, September 18, 2009
By goodwink
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, and Company, 2008) Malcolm Gladwell likes to explore the hidden patterns behind our daily lives, trying to figure out what makes us tick.
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You are what you read

Thursday, September 17, 2009
By goodwink
In choosing a story, simply follow the advice of C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50." In addition to the titles mentioned in the article, here are some suggestions for reading with kids.Classic reads Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr.
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Death comes for the book club

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
By goodwink
Death comes for the book club
With so many "Catholic" writers to choose from, your parish book list might require some heavy lifting.
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Book marked: Stories to raise your children by

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By goodwink
Book marked: Stories to raise your children by
From nursery rhymes to fantasy anthologies, fill your shelves with stories to raise your children by.
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A Saint on Death Row: The story of Dominique Green

Friday, August 14, 2009
By goodwink
A Saint on Death Row: The story of Dominique Green
By Thomas Cahill (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009) Titling this book A Saint on Death Row seems almost inevitably destined to provoke the ire of those who accuse death penalty opponents of naivete. But best-selling author Thomas Cahill's account of Dominique Green's life and death succeeds in drawing readers into a truly amazing story.
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