From time to time, all Catholics have them: nagging questions about church life, often prompted by some personal encounter or challenging situation: 
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<li>Is a layperson allowed to preach a homily?</li> <li>Is a pastor required to report to someone regarding parish finances, or is he on his own? </li> <li>It seems like the parish council is running your parish. Does it have the authority to do so? </li> <li>Must a child be baptized in a church, or may the baptism take place at home?</li> </ul>
Surprised by Canon Law tackles these and many other questions, all of which have been formally addressed by the Roman Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law. The Codethe internal legal system that governs the church’s day-to-day workingsdeals with far-flung concerns of interest to the person-in-the-pew. This practical guide to the Code provides answers to a range of questions, from Can the pope resign?” to the more sensitive query Do you have the right to tell your bishop what the diocese needs?” In straightforward language the authors discuss the nuts-and-bolts of church life, making canon law accessible to the everyday Catholic. A Servant Book.

Surprised by Canon Law: 150 Questions Catholics Ask about Canon Law

Religion & Spirituality

Patrick Madrid

Vere, Pete

Michael Trueman

Christian Books & Bibles

Servant

The best ever explanation of the Catholic doctrine of the communion of saints written for a popular audience. Patrick Madrid explains in a clear, easy-to-follow style why Catholics pray to and honor Mary and the saints. Using the Bible and the testimony of the early Church Fathers, he provides a concise overview of the biblical and historical foundations of this often misunderstood Catholic doctrine. He also walks you through the standard anti-Catholic arguments against praying to Mary and the saints and demonstrates from the Bible why these arguments are themselves unbiblical.

Any Friend of God's Is a Friend of Mine: A Biblical and Historical Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of the Communion of Saints

Basilica Press

Pope Fiction

Bookmasters Distribution Services

A Year with the Bible

As a theological peritus (expert) at the Second Vatican Council, Yves Congar, O.P. exerted a profound influence on the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum. Congar's widely lauded contribution to Dei Verbum was the culmination of his decades of sustained scholarship, deeply exploring Sacred Tradition and its relationship to Scripture and the Church. His adroit and penetrating research into the testimony of the Fathers and medieval doctors yielded a remarkable abundance of rich, compelling data that enabled him to formulate what he saw as a viable solution to the twin problems of sola Scriptura and Tradition the former is problematic for Catholics, while the latter is problematic for Protestants. This book explores Congar's understanding of the concept of the material sufficiency of Scripture and its relationship to Sacred Tradition, as well as his critique of the Protestant principle of sola Scriptura and its inherent assertion that Scripture is formally, not just materially, sufficient.

Scripture and Tradition

Sophia Institute Press

Here you'll read the eye-opening, often heartrending life stories of ten people who struggled with some of the most difficult issues human beings face and who, as they struggled were drawn out of pain and darkness by the beauty of Catholic teachings about life, marriage, and human sexuality. Dramatic and thought-provoking, these intensely personal stories address virtually every controversial issue surrounding life, including in vitro fertilization, abortion, contraception, and more. Gathered by popular Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid, they turn on its head the oft-heard charge that Catholics embrace the Church's teachings on life only because they are Catholics. These good folks show the opposite: they are Catholics because of the Church's pro-life teachings. In these pages you'll meet, among others: <ul>
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AnneMarie S., one of San Francisco's highest paid call girls, made pro-life and then Catholic by a Catholic radio talk show.</li>
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Leticia A., the sexually-abused Texas Baptist teenager, whose life of wild promiscuity was brought abruptly to an end by her need for true marriage, which she found only in the Church.</li>
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Heather S., the pregnant teenager whose soul was awakened to the Faith by ten pro-life words from Pope John Paul II.</li>
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Jewels G., the post-abortion pro-abortion crusader, whose failed suicide left her alive long enough to meet good Catholic women who explained the Church's teachings, turned her pro-life, and won her to the Faith.</li>
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Leila M., the contracepting, pro-sterilization wife whose views were overthrown by the stark contrast between Planned Parenthood and the sweet memory of the wise pro-life teachings of her college ethics teacher, good Father Ryan.</li>
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Chris A., the sexually profligate Jewish lawyer, who too late came to see the evil of the abortions he enabled, and now works as a Catholic apologist seeking to end this American holocaust.</li>
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Plus others, who came into the Church after being "Surprised by Life." </li>
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Surprised by Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Women's Health

150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know (New Edition)

Does the Bible Really Say That? Discovering Catholic Teaching in Scripture (New Edition)

On a Mission: Lessons from St. Francis de Sales (New Edition)

Business & Money

Now What?: A Guide for New (and Not-So-New) Catholics (New Edition)

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