The Catholic Bookworm

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Bill Waters, OSA, on Smelling Like the Sheep as We Minister to God’s People (February 14, 2025) When Jesus said to go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News, he meant to incorporate his teachings and our faith into the ordinary aspects of our lives. This book includes reflections on practical pastoral life covering topi...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Patrick O'Hearn on his book with co-author Dan Burke entitled The Truth about Hell: Through the Wisdom of Jesus, Mary, and the Magisterium (January 30, 2025) Religious leaders do not teach about Hell to scare people to come to Church, though the fear of Hell often leads souls to turn back to God. Hell is the result of mankind’s free...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Sr. Gianna Casino, LIHM, and Eileen Spinner on their book Mom, Tell Me Why You're Catholic and Everything Else You Love: A Faith-Based Guided Journal (January 29, 2025) Disclaimer: This guided journal is designed for physical writing and reflection. If you do not own a Kindle Scribe, use Active Canvas, a tablet, or similar device th...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Pedro Gabriel on his book Rigidity: Faithfulness or Heterodoxy? “Why is Pope Francis always criticizing faithful Catholics?” is an oft-repeated question whenever the Holy Father makes one of his usual invectives against religious rigidity. Francis has indeed made such denunciations a hallmark of his pontificate. But what does he...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Rich May on his book Addressing Moral Confusion. (January 22, 2025) The goal of this workbook is to help our youth to receive catechetical instruction without getting bogged down by the mindset of the world today, thereby enabling them to be more open to the truth of the Gospel of Christ and His Church. It uniquely addresses these c...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Stefanus Hendrianto, SJ, on his book Saturdays with Father Schall. This book, inspired by an essay for Fr. Schall’s 90th birthday, reflects on the author’s relationship with the older Jesuit. It explores themes of “another sort of learning,” intertwining intellectual and spiritual growth, meditations on life and death, and the v...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Sr. Helen Adaku Ogbuji on her book Dealing Effectively with Domestic Abuse (January 20, 2025) “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Eph 5:25).This work examines the different faces of violence in our society and how a woman’s body is sometimes treated as an object to be used. When one g...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Emmanuel Conduah on his book Untapped: Harnessing the Maximum Potential of Women in Leadership (January 14, 2025)

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Joseph Freymann on his Summa Apologetica: Catholic Apologetics and Moral Questions (January 9, 2025) Summa Apologetica is for adults and mature teens. It is specifically designed for a year-long course in Catholic Apologetics at the late high-school or early-college level. The book contains 160 questions and answers on Catholicism,...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Kevin Wilson on his book The Saint I Knew! Exciting 'Encounters' with Holiness. Each of us has the potential to become a saint. We're especially reminded of this when we receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, usually as a teenager, and choose a saint as our patron and inspiration. Who better than the saints and blesseds to inspire u...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Adrian Reimers on his article “Male Chastity according to Pope St John Paul II” in the book Lived Experience and the Search for Truth, edited by Deborah Savage and Robert L. Fastiggi This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through the lived experience of faithf...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Eduardo Echeverria on his book  Jesus Christ, Scandal of Particularity: Vatican II, a Catholic Theology of Religions, Justification, and Truth  (December 30, 2024) In this book, in view of the light of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, and hence the scandal of particularity, the author explores the relationship between the S...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, CSsR, on his books about Mary, Joseph, and Jesus (December 20, 2024) Our Sorrowful Mother: Meditations on Mary’s Seven Dolorsby Dennis Billy, C.Ss. R.This book is a series of imaginative meditations on what Catholic devotional literature refers to as “The Seven Dolors of Mary,” seven moments in Our Blessed Mother’s...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dcn. Steve Kramer on his article "The Deacon as Preacher of the Word of God: Past, Present, and Future" (December 20, 2024) The Deacon as Preacher of the Word of God: Past, Present, and Future by Deacon Steven Kramer, D.Min. | Seminary Journal

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Gerard Verschuuren on his book Why You Would Want to Be a Catholic (December 16, 2024) This book shows the reader why the Catholic Faith is the best faith there is, each chapter highlighting a particular characteristic feature of Catholicism. Why You Would Want to Be a Catholic by Gerard Verschuuren | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Carrie Gress on her chapter “Motherhood and the Power of Vulnerability” in Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality (December 13, 2024) This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through the lived experience of faithful men an...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Cynthia Linkas on her novel Vows. Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows’ nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief. But temptation beckons: reckless tobogganing on icy hil...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Richard Doerflinger on his chapter in Lived Experience entitled “Married Experience and the Gospel of Life” (December 11, 2024) This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through the lived experience of faithful men and women, rendered intelligible in conceptual t...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Conrad Murphy on Why Christians Can Wear Pants: Spiritual Lessons from Strange Stories in Papal History (December 4, 2024) In the late 9th Century, Pope Nicholas I was asked if Christians were permitted to wear pants. His response was both amusing and wise, extolling the questioners to virtue and spiritual growth. Why Christians...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Belinda Terro Mooney on her book Pray with Us: A Saint for Every Day. The saints in heaven are powerful intercessors, praying for our needs before the face of God. As part of the communion of saints, we on earth pray with power when we ask the saints to pray with and for us, especially on their feast days. Pray with Us invites us to...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Ambassador Eduard Habsburg on Building a Wholesome Family in a Broken World: Habsburg Lessons from the Centuries. How do the Habsburgs approach family life? In a world that has gone mad, building a wholesome family cradle is daunting and often seems impossible. At the same time, many dare to dream of happiness in family life even to...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Maria Keffler on her book Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult (November 25, 2024) In this actionable analysis of one of the most damaging movements of the modern age, renowned author Maria Keffler makes a compelling case that what lies at the core of the transgender phenomenon is a crisis of identi...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Christopher on his chapter in the book Contemporary Bioethics: Catholic Wisdom for a Confused Culture by the National Catholic Bioethics Center entitled "Seven Christian Principles for Thriving with Artificial Intelligence." Contemporary Bioethics: Catholic Wisdom for a Confused Culture, the latest book from The National Catholic Bi...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Amy Klein and Emily Klein on their book Waiting for Baby Jesus. "Waiting for the baby, where can He be? Waiting for the baby, waiting to see." Through cheery rhyme and whimsical illustrations, this charming picture book tales two children's happy assembly of the family crèche during Advent. PLP proudly presents mother and daughter-i...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Janine Rainwater on her book The Melody of Love (November 20, 2024) In this ethereal bedtime story, readers are transported to a peaceful, starlit town on a quiet night where a child sleeps soundly under the caring watch of the heavens. But this is no ordinary child. He is Jesus, and with His arrival, a new melody of Love is born. A...