Cutting ties with religion of empire. A review by John Dear, S.J.

What's behind the way we eat. A review by Rich Heffern.

Is the priesthood as we've known it obsolete?

Archbishop Marini on liturgical renewal since Vatican II. A review by Richard McBrien.

Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future by Robert Blair Kaiser. Reviewed by Ted Schmidt.

A more sober look at the private letters of Mother Teresa. By Andrew Greeley.

Could the Church have gotten it wrong? Let's look at the facts. Reviewed by Cathleen Kaveny.

Seven years after being accused by Paul Marcoux on Good Moirning America of "date rape", Weakland has published his memoir. A review by William L. Portier.

On Sunday, October 4 at 6:30 - 7 p.m. (ET/CT) and 7-7:30 p.m. (AT/MT/PT) on the series 16X9: The Bigger Picture. The program is repeated at 11:30 p.m.-12 midnight (ET- I don't know about the other times zones) on the same day. The program was occasioned by the ordination to the Catholic priesthood of a married Anglican priest - Martin Carter - in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on August 9, 2009.

The Godless Delusion. A review by John Patrick Diggins.

A selection of Lenten books that are long on wisdom and depth. By Emilie Griffin.

1) 2000 years of popes, sacred and profane. A review by Bill Keller; and 2) Popes and the devil of inner absolutism. A review by Arthur Jones.

All the Pope's Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks by John L. Allen, Jr. Reviewed by Andrew Greeley.

A remarkable Christian's life in her letters. A review by Arthur Jones.

A review by Jack Shea of Baum's remarkable new book which underlines the steady progress made over the years in the development of progressive policies in the Catholic Church.

'The Church's Changing Face'. A review essay by Andrew M. Greeley.

Description of this theological novel.