Catholic spirituality is all about responding to the fundamental mystery of Jesus, the incarnation, and what it all meant in the beginning as well as what it means today. The author weaves the story of his own religious explorations with those of others who have been attracted to the Catholic tradition. Topics of reflection include the lives of staints and spiritual leaders, as well as liturgies, praying the rosary, confession, novenas, house blessings,...

"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor on...

Brother Louis DeThomasis offers a "wake-up call for the church itself to recognize and embrace globalization, diversity, and democratization... He uses the issue of the ordination of women as a case study of how the institutional church has fallen out of step with its own members but could work its way back to relevance and effectiveness by listening to them"--Excerpted from p. [4] of cover.