This is the fifth volume in the RCB Library ‘Texts and Calendars’ series. Like the earlier volumes, it seeks to make key texts for the history of the Church of …
The importance of parish records for the reconstruction of many aspects of past societies is becoming clear from research in other countries. Irish parochial re…
In his seminal work, Truth and Method, Hans-Goerg Gadamer highlights the misguided supposition of the Enlightenment that such a thing as ‘pure reason’ actually …
The history of the Catholic Church is an essential part of world history over the past two thousand years. This book is meant for readers who are looking for a …
In an historic meeting with artists in 2009, Pope Benedict XVI summoned the Church and the world to engage in ‘an authentic “renaissance” of art’. The Second Fo…
This volume is the published proceedings of the first Fota International Liturgical Conference held in Cork, Ireland, in July 2008 and it aims to provide a gene…
This first published collection of homilies by Josemaría Escrivá ranges through the Church’s liturgical year. The teaching which it contains constantly reflects…
Creation is an essential element in the Christian understanding of existence, and one which is not fully explicable by unaided reason. The notion and truth of c…
These eighteen homilies present a broad picture of the basic human and Christian virtues for all who wish to follow closely in the footsteps of our Lord. They a…
When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out onto the balcony in St. Peter’s square as the new Pope, many were unfamiliar with him. Many wondered who he was,…
