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Carlos Fuentes' travels helped shape his leftist political views and fueled his passion for political activism.

Esteemed Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies at 83

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2012

Esteemed Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, best known for his novels and political commentary, died Tuesday. He was 83. Fuentes suffered a massive hemorrhage and died hours after arriving at the hospital. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "I deeply regret the passing of our beloved and admired ...

Never out of print, read by parents to their children for several generations, Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are' is less than 300 words in length.

'Where the Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/8/2012

As a highly acclaimed author, his most famous and celebrated book was less than 300 words in length. Maurice Sendak, author of the children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" has died at the age of 83. According to his longtime editor Michael di Capua, the cause of death was due to ...

Book Review: Brian Benestad's Church, State, and Society

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 5/3/2012

While J. Brian Benestad's Church, State, and Society, is styled an introduction, it is certainly not a primer. It is a rigorous tour de force of Catholic Social Doctrine and Catholic Social Thought. It is a challenging text, one that should be read by any serious student of Catholic ...

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia

Catholic Action: Archbishop Chaput's Cry of the Heart and Call of Duty

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 3/29/2012

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput's, A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America, is his cry of the heart to all Americans, but in particular to complacent Catholics. But this is not an ordinary cry of the heart. It is a cry of a heart on fire, on fire with love for the ...

This book advises that a husband may scold her, 'beat by hand or stick,' withhold money from her or 'pull (her) by the ears,' but should 'refrain from beating her excessively.'

Muslim 'marriage manual' offers tips on wife beating

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 3/26/2012

A book entitled "A Gift for the Muslim Couple" is a purported marriage manual that offers helpful advice on wife beating. Within the book's opening pages, there is a passage that reads that "it might be necessary to restrain her with strength or even to threaten her." The volume has proved ...

The World as It Could Be:Catholic Social Thought for a New Generation

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 3/26/2012

That, in a nutshell, is what the Catholic Social Doctrine is-bringing the Light of Christ-into the entirety of social life, from the highest chambers of government into the darkest corners of the world. And that is the thrust of Father Thomas D. Williams's new book on Catholic social thought ...

Enjoy a Visit with the Holy Father and His Family in 'My Brother, the Pope'

By Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 3/20/2012

This is not simply a book to satisfy curiosity about a "celebrity", though it certainly does that. It's a beautiful portrait of Catholic family life and, in the most literal sense, of enduring fraternal charity. The many photographs, both in black and white and in color, round out a thoroughly ...

There's Still Time to Begin Using 'The Catholic Playbook' for your Lenten Formation

By Jennifer Wilson • Catholic Online • 3/19/2012

With 40 meditations written by and for single Catholics, you'll walk together every step of the way, from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday by reading "The Catholic Playbook: A Lenten Reflection for Singles." This book includes a foreword by Bishop Kevin Rhoades, prayers by Fr. Gary Caster and ...

Book Review: 'Indivisible' is a Book for Our Time and A Call to Christian Collaboration

By Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 3/15/2012

"I read this book from cover to cover, in one sitting, in awe of what God was up to in these pages. INDIVISIBLE builds a sure bridge of faith and reason over which our country can walk, from our present state of confusion and peril into a new era of peace and prosperity. My friends James Robison ...

Jan Berenstain is survived by their two sons, Leo and Michael, an illustrator who became a collaborator in the family's Berenstain Bears enterprise, and by four grandchildren.

'Berenstain Bears' co-creator dies at 88

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/28/2012

Along with her husband Stan, Jan Berenstain created the popular "Berenstain Bears" children's book series. The brightly illustrated series of books guided pre-schoolers through such milestones as their first visits to the dentists and addressed such vital issues as bullying and acceptance. ...