The Catholic Church in the Modern World Classics lauded by Pope Benedict XVI

lauded by Pope Benedict XVI

and bolstered by her prodigious intellectual prowess

foremost amongst them The Controversies

Ten for Joy is a beautifully wrought account of sin and mercy

” The Satin Slipper also holds the distinction of being recognized by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) as “a most convincing” depiction of the drama of faith and the intricacies of divine providence

The Catholic Church in the Modern World Classics lauded by Pope Benedict XVIBy E. E. Y. Hales From the vantage point of the twenty first century, the Catholic Church and modernity seem to be two entities inextricably at odds with one another. Modernity, for better or worse, stands for change; the Church, for stasis. Following the upheaval of the French Revolution, the Church has been striving to sift the wheat from the chaff amongst the new ideas of modernity. Surveying the two centuries from the pre revolutionary ancin rgime