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Contents - Apr 2007 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Benedict XVI's document on the Eucharist - Michael Gilchrist Book Launch: B.A. Santamaria and Australian Catholicism: Cardinal Pell's tribute - Cardinal George Pell News: The Church Around the World 'Equal opportunity' legislation threatens Christian teachings - Babette Francis Catholicism and secularism in Britain: a test of strength on same-sex adoption - Joanna Bogle History: How much do Catholics know about ecumenical councils? - Frank Mobbs Vocations: New survey of successful US dioceses: lessons for Australia - Michael Gilchrist Rockhampton Lenten program: 'whatever that might mean' - AD2000 Report St Faustina: The Divine Mercy apostolate: a spirituality to transform the world - Eva Kimnes Belief: Christian-Muslim dialogue: major stumbling blocks - Fr Richard Umbers Letters: Liturgy: what next? - Franklin J. Wood Letters: Church leadership - P.W. English Letters: Money talks - Richard Stokes Letters: Saints needed - Arthur N. Ballingall National Church Life Survey clarification - Bob Dixon Letters: Catholic schools Letters: Catholic atmosphere - Stuart Paterson Letters: Free and fair markets and the Church's social doctrine - Chris Hilder Letters: Capital punishment - John Gallagher Letters: Scourge of the West - Kevin McManus Letters: African prisoners seek correspondents - Len Clark Letters: Contraception - Tim Coyle Books: The Way of Love: Reflections on Deus Caritas Est, Livio Melina and Carl Anderson - Tim Cannon (reviewer) Books: Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment, by Aidan Nichols OP - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: Aspects of Authentic Church Teaching, by Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) DOES YOUR PARISH STOCK AD2000? Books: Books available from AD2000 and Freedom Publishing Reflection: Benedict XVI on the transforming power of the Resurrection - Pope Benedict XVI

Daily Lenten Meditations
Pope John Paul II
This compact book contains John Paul II's reflections on the Scripture readings for each day of Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. With its indexed themes it also provides an overview of the Christian faith.
100 pages * Hardback * $25.00

Lost! Australia's Catholics Today
Michael Gilchrist
Church statistics show a steady decline in belief and practice. This book sets out the extent of the crisis of faith among Australia's 'lost' Catholics and challenges the Church's leaders to try some radical policies.
195 pages * Hardback * $32.95

The Sacrament of Easter
Roger Greenacre & Jeremy Haselock
The authors of this book are Anglicans who, with the help of a Catholic consultant, examine the common liturgical traditions of the major Churches and the place of liturgy in the hoped-for restoration of Christian unity.
178 pages * Softcover * $25.00

Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI
Here are meditations for every day of the year drawn from the prolific writings, homilies and talks given by the then Cardinal Ratzinger. This beautiful book is illustrated throughout with sacred art.
416 pages * Hardback * $39.95

The Glory of These Forty Days
James Tolhurst
Father Tolhurst follows his earlier set of Advent reflections with similar coverage of the Lenten Season. Apart from the Scripture readings for each of the 40 days, the author draws on the Church's two millennia treasury of spiritual writings.
102 pages * Softcover * $15.00

Handing on the Faith in an Age of Disbelief
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger et al
Why is it so difficult to hand on the truths of Faith today? How can the Church do a better job? This book brings together a series of 1983 papers from the then Cardinal Ratzinger and other experts that address these and other key questions.
169 pages * Hardback * $39.95

What It Means to Be a Christian
Fr Joseph Ratzinger
This book contains three sermons given by the then Fr Ratzinger in 1965 on how one can live as a true Christian in a secular world. He focuses especially on the true meaning of love, anticipating his first encyclical as Benedict XVI.
86 pages * Hardback * $29.95

Miracles of John Paul II
Pawel Zuchniewicz
The author, a Polish journalist and commentator, has gathered together compelling accounts of miracles believed to have occurred through the intervention of Pope John Paul II.
194 pages * Hardback * $39.95

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 20 No 3 (April 2007), p. 19