Book review: In Search of Cardinal Stepinac

Book review: In Search of Cardinal Stepinac

The Priest is published twice each year, and all members and associates receive a copy. Overseas subscriptions are also available. Each issue of the The Priest is uploaded twelve months after publication date. This article will be freely available online from December...

Dan Brown parody

Dan Brown parody

Dan Brown — that well known publicity agent for Opus Dei — has been working on a script that was leaked to Fr Richard Umbers, a priest of Opus Dei working in Sydney . . . This is a work of parody by Richard Umbers using characters from The Da Vinci...

Breaking the Spell

Breaking the Spell

This is a tiresome and silly book, especially for Catholic readers who have a thought-through understanding of their living Faith. But it is marketed as “A New York Times Bestseller” and as “Crystal-clear, constantly engaging, and enjoyable.” Its relevance for readers...

Book review: Light of the World

Book review: Light of the World

One of the distinctive things about this Pope is his willingness to speak without a prepared text, and his willingness to dialogue. The chief benefit of this book is precisely this. It is an extended expression of the Pope’s candid responses across a wide range of...

Critique of The Sexual Person

Critique of The Sexual Person

The following paper is reproduced because it demonstrates the powerful resources in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for answering what is really a foundational assault on Catholic moral theology. Spending time with this paper has to...

The inner life of G. K. Chesterton

The inner life of G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton was a prolific writer on all manner of subjects, and my particular focus will be on one vital part of his life and thought; namely, his inner life or spirituality. When Chesterton was asked to explain why he had become a Catholic, a step which he took...

Giving sorrow words: testimonies of abortion

Giving sorrow words: testimonies of abortion

In 2002 I had a book published called Giving Sorrow Words, I wrote it because two women told me their stories about abortion within a week of each other. They were really suffering, still in shock. They had no idea abortion could do that to you. I wondered how many...

On Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth

On Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth

As I write these words I have just returned to the parish, having made my annual retreat with a group of about twenty priests. There were the usual elements in any clergy retreat: Holy Mass; Liturgy of the Hours; Eucharistic adoration; devotions; spiritual...