"A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society" by Pope Francis with Dominique Wolton. St. Martin's Press (New York, 2018). 304 pp., $29.99. "Open to God: Open to the World" by Pope Francis with Antonio Spadaro. Bloomsbury (London, 2018). 200 pp., $14.40.
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"The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times" by George Weigel. Ignatius Press (San Francisco, 2018). 223 pp., $24.95. Since Michael Novak's death in early 2017, the undisputed title of most influential Catholic neoconservative has belonged to George Weigel. Along with Novak and the late Father Richard John Neuhaus, Weigel has been at the center of a style of spiritual-political engagement that found its apogee in the papacy of St. John Paul II and the presidency of George W. Bush.
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"Prophet and Pilgrim of Peace: 99 Sayings by Pope St. Paul VI," edited by Karl A. Schultz. New City Press (Hyde Park, New York, 2018). 103 pp, $16.95. "Fulton J. Sheen" by Alexis Walkenstein. Pauline Books & Media (Boston, 2018). 124 pp, $12.95.
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"Anyone but Him" by Theresa Linden. Silver Fire Publishing (Elyria, Ohio, 2018). 295 pp., $13.95. The novel "Anyone but Him" is labeled on its cover "a new adult mystery romance". While it is admittedly new, its plot devices are as old as fiction itself. The story concerns a young woman, Caitlyn Summer, who awakes one morning not knowing who she is or where she is or who is the man sharing her bed.
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"The Paulist Bible Commentary," edited by Jose Enrique Aguilar Chiu; Richard J. Clifford, SJ; Carol J. Dempsey, OP; Eileen M. Schuller, OSU; Thomas D. Stegman and Ronald D. Witherup, PSS. Paulist Press (Mahwah, New Jersey, 2018). 1,654 pp., $149.95.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The decision to appoint Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick to lead the Archdiocese of Washington and eventually to make him a cardinal went forward at the insistence of St. John Paul II's inner circle despite reservations stemming from reports of misconduct, a new book claimed.
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"Rutilio Grande: A Table for All" by Rhina Guidos. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minnesota, 2018). 121 pp., $14.95. "Shahbaz Bhatti: Martyr of the Suffering Church" by John L. Allen Jr. Liturgical Press (Collegeville, Minnesota, 2018). 130 pp., $14.95.
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