Russell Shaw

By What Authority

Apologetics

“An important service for Catholics, Evangelicals and all those seeking a firm grounding for Faith. Shea argues powerfully for the extra-biblical authority of Sacred Tradition as a depository and source of revelation side by side with the Bible, to which it testifies and which it interprets with authority.”

Common Sense Catholicism

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Bill Donohue has a well-earned reputation as a vigorous defender of Catholicism, but he is also an astute critic of crackbrained policies in conflict with the good of individuals and society. In Common Sense Catholicism Donohue brings together both roles in a forceful analysis of confused thinking about human freedom as it applies to everything from sex to economics. This well-reasoned and accessible study shows that the woes plaguing our society can be cured only by returning to the common sense reading of human nature embodied in the Catholic social tradition and the worldview of the American founders.”

Continental Ambitions

History & Biography

“Many Americans, Catholics among them, know very little about the distinctive Catholic cultures that flourished in North America long before the Pilgrims and the Puritans arrived. Now, thankfully, we have Kevin Starr's scholarly but highly readable Continental Ambitions to fill the knowledge gap. The story it tells is not only fascinating in its own right but illuminating for the light it sheds on issues that remain part of the Catholic experience.”

George Cardinal Pell

History & Biography

“Tess Livingstone tells the shocking story of Cardinal Pell's unjust imprisonment in a fact-filled narrative that leaves the reader gasping at the brazen evil of it all. Thank God he was vindicated in the end.”

Memoirs

History & Biography

“Cardinal Mindszenty was one of the heroes of the Cold War. His memoirs present a valuable picture of an era too easily forgotten as well as a moving self-portrait by a brave, uncompromising leader of the Church of Silence that struggled for survival behind the Iron Curtain.”

Pardon and Peace

Preaching & Worship

“A clear, sound, eminently sensible exposition of the why and how of one of Christ's often-neglected sacramental gifts. Both Catholics who seldom approach this sacrament and Catholics for whom it is an established part of their spiritual lives will find a lot that is helpful and inspiring here, as will priests and catechists.”

Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins

History & Biography

“Mike Aquilina has a remarkable gift for illuminating the early centuries of Christianity by bringing ancient times and peoples to life. In his expert hands, we are given a richly hued mosaic of sinners and saints, sages and heretics that tells much about the faith as it was then, is now, and will remain.”

The Pope and the Holocaust

History & Biography

“The definitive refutation of the claim that Pius XII didn't do enough to prevent the killing of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, this volume meticulously documents the conclusion that close to a million Jews were, in fact, saved thanks to the efforts of Pope Pius, at no small risk to himself.”

The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Bill Donohue speaks the truth and is fearless in speaking it. He provides a compact, comprehensive, and painfully candid account of the scandal of clergy sex abuse and cover-up, as well as its exploitation by a cast of characters bent on serving their own interests at the expense of the Church. Indispensable reading for anyone who wants to know the facts about far and away the worst disaster in the history of American Catholicism.”

True Confessions

Church Leadership & Ministry

“If you're looking for an immensely readable, insightful, and reliable assessment of the current state and future prospects of the Catholic Church in the United States, True Confessions is the book for you.”