Books

In 2025 The London Borough of Wandsworth commemorated three nuns who lived and worked in this part of South London. These three religious are now celebrated in a new book - Extraordinary Women of Wandsworth -which profiles the lives of more than eighty women connected to the Borough. Organised into eight sections-Entrepreneurs, Writers, Scientists, Artists, Activists, Entertainers, Educators and S... Read More

The English editorial team of Vatican Radio - Vatican News has produced an audiobook of Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical letter: Magnifica humanitas on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.' The publication of Magnifica Humanitas took place on May 25, 2026. Pope Leo XIV signed the document on May 15, exactly on the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of 'Rerum Nova... Read More

It was a beautiful May; Mary's month. A time of blossom and renewal, and for many of us another joy, as we prepare for the next season of the Spiritual Classics Book Club. Soon we will gather again to read, reflect and pray together. This time we turn to a favourite work of the Catholic tradition: The Autobiography of St Thérèse of Lisieux, known as Story of a Soul. It is hard to think of a bett... Read More

Christopher Lamb, CNN Vatican Correspondent, delivered the Catholic Union's latest pub talk last night, entitled Who is Pope Leo? Chaired by Catherine Pepinster, the event was extremely well attended with attendees having the opportunity to buy signed copies of Christopher's book American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV means for the Church and the World. Christopher spoke about the formative influences ... Read More

Many Catholics desire to go deeper in their faith, and understanding, but often don't know where to begin. The Church has given us an extraordinary treasury of spiritual wisdom in the writings of the saints. Books that have formed generations of Catholics in prayer, love of God, and perseverance in the Christian life. All right there to help us on the journey of deepening our faith. Yet these grea... Read More

A children's book written by SCIAF's Development Education Officer Elaine McGinlay has received international recognition after being named a winner of the Christlit Book Award. The illustrated children's book, The Wisdom of the River, is rooted in the Catholic vision of human flourishing and invites young readers to journey through the story making choices, in a 'choose your own adventure' format... Read More

Tina Beattie, A Theology of Becoming: Body, Blood, Birth and Sacrament Published by Cambridge: CUP, 2026 Reading this book reminded how much theology is literally and metaphorically bloodless. Here, by contrast, Tina Beattie takes us through the birth of each of her four children, with the joy, pain and sometimes trauma involved. She draws on her experiences to interrogate the images we have of t... Read More

Like Doctor Ray Guarendi, my father had ten children, but he only met four of his many grandchildren before he died. He was still learning on the job, good man that he was. He would have enjoyed and approved of this book, though there would have been some interesting discussions between him and Doctor Gaurendi, had they met. I'll have to scrutinise my own experience of three (but soon to be four) ... Read More

This important and helpful book is a response to the rise of the Far Right in Europe, including Britain, and particularly to the growth of specifically Christian justifications for Far Right activity. It is the result of conversations between a number of academics about a 2020 publication, The Claim to Christianity, by Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel. Both books concentrate heavily on the Fa... Read More

Todd Walatka, Words of Life. The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero. Publisher: Maryknoll Orbis Books, 2026 At the beginning of March, Professor Todd Walatka came to the UK to speak at a series of events organised by the Archbishop Romero Trust during 'Romero Week', ahead of the 46th anniversary of his martyrdom on March 24, 1980. Walatka is a real expert on Romero's theology and witness, being the f... Read More

Diary from Gaza: Pages from a Tent in the Gaza War by Mohammed Hussein, published by Beacon Books. What does a father write when the world around him is collapsing? In Pages from a Tent in the Gaza War, Mohammed Hussein offers a raw and deeply human diary from inside one of the darkest chapters of modern history. Written from a fragile tent in Gaza while bombs fall and families struggle simply to ... Read More

Climate activist Tim Hewes, a retired dentist and Anglican priest in his seventies, was accused of conspiring to bring the M25 motorway to a standstill in a protest against climate change. On a quiet Sunday afternoon, his home in rural Oxfordshire was raided by eight officers from the Metropolitan Police. Tim was handcuffed and taken to court, then imprisoned on remand for six weeks. Finding Beaut... Read More

Domina Nostra Publishing announces the publication of Saints and Healers: Models of Faith in Medicine, a revised and expanded edition of the respected work by Edgar A Gamboa, MD, FACS. First published in 2008 under the title Virtuous Healers, the book returns in a timely new edition addressing the moral, spiritual, and vocational dimensions of healthcare today. Saints and Healers examines medicine... Read More

The Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace (CSJP) is pleased to announce that Easter in Disguise, the 2026 Bloomsbury Lent Book, by Liz Dodd, CSJP, is now available for purchase. Rooted in the Congregation's charism of pursuing peace through justice, Sister Liz invites readers to rediscover Lent as a "radical, subversive season of resistance" and a time for genuine liberation. In Easter... Read More