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Contents - Sep 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Support the 2005 Fighting Fund! - Peter Westmore Events: Sydney to host World Youth Day 2008 - AD2000 REPORT News: The Chuch Around the World Canadian Bishops' cave-in to 'renegade Catholicism' under fire Priesthood: America's 'vocation rich' dioceses: latest success stories analysed - AD2000 Report Can reverence at Mass make a comeback? - Michael Ryan Interview: Benedict XVI and the power of the Eucharist - Fr John Corapi Education: Catholic schools of the future - Br John Moylan CFC Cinema: The Church under Nazism: a sensitive film portrayal in 'The Ninth Day' - Michael E. Daniel (reviewer) BOOKS: The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis - Thomas E. Woods Jr (reviewer) A religious response to evil ideologies - John Rego Letters: Liturgy - John Daly Letters: Liberal manifesto - Dr Peter Gilet Letters: Fatima and Benedict XVI - Paul MacLeod Letters: Society of St Pius X - Fr Kevin Robinson Events: C.S. Lewis Seminar - Sat 17 Sept 2005 2pm-9pm Letters: Ethical medicine? - Dr A.W. Hartwig Letters: Latin Mass - Richard Congram Letters: Simple Catechisms - Rosanna Sherman Letters: Gnosticism Letters: Good reading - E. Pickering Books: GOING AGAINST THE STREAM: Ethical Aspects of Ageing and Care, by Peter Jeffery - Kerrie Allen (reviewer) Books: THE ART OF GIVING by Francine Black - Kerrie Allen (reviewer) Books: THE PATH OF LIFE: Benedictine Spirituality for Monks and Lay People - Gabrielle Walsh (reviewer) Books: STAIRWAY TO THE UPPER ROOM: Daily Meditations on the Gospel Readings - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: The Holy Shroud, by Antonio Cassanelli - Gabrielle Walsh (reviewer) Books: More good reading from AD Books Reflection: Benedict XVI: how to make the new evangelisation more effective - Fr Dennis Byrnes PP

The Cube and the Cathedral
George Weigel
Can there be any true "politics" - any true deliberation about the common good, any robust defence of freedom - without God? In his latest book, George Weigel presents a powerful case for a resounding "No".
202 pages * Softcover * $24.95

A Companion to Veritatis Splendor
James Tolhurst
Father Tolhurst, who is a member of the Birmingham Oratory, sets out in simple, non-technical language the theological and ethical thinking behind John Paul II's important document.
70 pages * Softcover * $7.95

The Catechism: a concise Companion

James Tolhurst
Father Tolhurst provides a paragraph by paragraph exposition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, supplementing this with a wealth of background material. Ideal for deepening one's understanding.
196 pages * Softcover * $24.95

Fatima Handbook
Leo Madigan
Here is an inexpensive, comprehensive guide to Fatima, providing detailed information on timetables for ceremonies, Fatima's history, biographies of the visionaries, a guide to the shrine's buildings and their treasures, and a lot more.
243 pages * Softcover * $22.00

Living the Catholic Faith
Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap
What does it means to be a Catholic in the 21st century? Archbishop Chaput of Denver offers a sound, contemporary, compact outline of the Church's teachings and how best to practise them.
159 pages * Softcover * $20.00

Stories of Karol
Gian Franco Svidercoschi
This book tells the story of the future Pope from the perspective of his family and friends. It provides a rare opportunity for us to meet John Paul II in his former years through a personal encounter as a friend and a person.
150 pages * Softcover * $22.00

Confirmed in the Faith
Dora Nash
Dora Nash is a Cambridge graduate and mother of four who has been involved in preparing young people for Confirmation in UK parishes for over twenty years. She is currently Head of RE at The Oratory School, Reading.
56 pages * Softcover * $12.95

Coffee with Nonna
Vincent Iezzi
Vincent Iezzi is a retired US journalist and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. In Coffee with Nonna, he retells the colourful, religious-based stories his grandmother told him as a child during World War II.
165 pages * Softcover * $20.00

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 8 (September 2005), p. 19