This is the book cover of U.S.-Vatican Relations, 1975-1980: A Diplomatic Study by P. Peter Sarros. The book is reviewed by Timothy Walch. (CNS)
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American history is replete with concerns about the pope and the Vatican. From colonial times to well into the 20th century, many Americans feared the pope and his Jesuit minions had diabolical plans to corrupt American liberties.
Political leaders openly questioned the patriotism of American Catholics. Could they be loyal to both church and country? Could a Catholic become president of the United States? It was no small challenge for John F. Kennedy to convince the nation that he fully embraced the separation of church and state.
These are the covers of In the Beginning: A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home by Gerard Verschuuren and Faith and Science at Notre Dame: John Zahm, Evolution and the Catholic Church by John P. Slattery. The books are reviewed by Timothy Walch. (CNS)
Help us expand our reach! Please share this article In the Beginning: A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home by Gerard Verschuuren. Sophia Institute Press (Manchester, New Hampshire, 2019). 192 pp., $18.95. Faith and Science at Notre Dame: John Zahm, Evolution and the Catholic Church by John P. Slattery. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2019). 296 pp., $27.
Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defied the KKK by Todd Tucker. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2018). 312 pp., $20.
This is the cover of Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad by Saad Sirop Hanna, with Edward S. Aris. The book is reviewed by David Gibson. (CNS)
Help us expand our reach! Please share this article Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad by Saad Sirop Hanna, with Edward S. Aris. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2017). 169 pp., $25. You don t hate us, do you? One of Father Sirop Hanna s captors asked that question as the young Chaldean Catholic priest s monthlong captivity in Iraq came to an end.
Today Father Hanna is an auxiliary bishop of Baghdad. He was kidnapped Aug. 15, 2006, after Islamic extremists surrounded his car on a southern Baghdad street.
This is the cover of Soldiers of a Different Cloth: Notre Dame Chaplains in World War II by John F. Wukovits. The book is reviewed by Nancy L. Roberts. (CNS)
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This riveting account of the heroic contributions of 35 chaplains and missionaries during World War II is nearly impossible to put down. The author, John F. Wukovits, is a renowned military historian who melds rigorous research with expert storytelling. The result is an inspiring and richly detailed narrative that reveals the challenges that these religious priests along with some brothers and sisters of Notre Dame s Congregation of Holy Cross faced.