The Catholic Bookworm

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jenny duBay on her novel World Between Worlds: A Novel Based on the Early Life of Caterina, the Mystic of Siena (Sept 15, 2025) World Between Worlds is Jenny duBay’s unforgettable story of one of the most dynamic personalities of the Middle Ages, Catherine of Siena. Set in the tumultuous fourteenth century,  World Between Worlds  ta...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Frank Dirks of Carolina Catholic Professionals (September 10, 2025) Carolina Catholic Professionals - Catholic Radio in SC Carolina Catholic Professionals - Benemerenti Medal Awarded to Frank Dirks

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism: A Question of Identity (September 9, 2025) We live in difficult times as there are enormous advantages to the internet and, at the same time, profound problems with its use. Is it a distorting mirror or is a true reflection of who we are? On the one hand world class scholarship, news, ph...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Barbara Heil on her book Journey into His Heart (August 27, 2025) In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Barbara Heil on her book Journey into His Heart: How the Holy Spirit Led Me into the Catholic Church. Growing up without any kind of faith life, Barbara Heil had a life-transforming experience at sixtee...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Phillip Brown, PSS, on his article Human Formation in the Twenty-first Century. The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This special issue of Seminary Journal explores the evolving landscape of Catholic...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr Dennis Billy, CSsR, on Teaching Marian Doctrine & Spirituality in a Catholic Seminary. (August 19, 2025) The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This special issue of Seminary Journal explores the ev...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Mary Amore on her three books Every Day books with Jesus; Mary; and Joseph (August 13, 2025) Every Day with Jesus Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist because he loves us. When we receive him in the Blessed Sacrament — body, blood, soul, and divinity — we are united to the humanity and divinity of Christ. Every Day with Jesus...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dennis Castillo on his Seminary Journal article "Teaching Catholic History in Seminary Formation" (August 12, 2025) The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This special issue of Seminary Journal explores th...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Barnabas Aspray on his Seminary Journal article entitled "Theology as Cultural Witness" (August 12, 2025) The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This special issue of Seminary Journal explores the evolving...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Hy Nguyen on his article in the Spring 2025 edition of Seminary Journal entitled "Preparing Foreign-Born Seminarians for the U.S. Church." The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This special issue of S...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jim Erlinger on his book Vietnam: An Elegy of Love and War (August 4, 2025) Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War by James Adrian Erlinger, is a deeply personal memoir blending themes of love, war, and self-discovery. It recounts the author’s transformative journey from a carefree youth to a soldier grappling with the harrowing realit...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews John Macias on his article entitled "Political Philosophy & Catholic Social Teaching in Seminary Formation" in the Spring 2025 issue of Seminary Journal. The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. This spe...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Leelamma Sebastian on her Seminary Journal article (Spring 2025) "The Intersection of Pastoral Care & Contemporary Leadership in Seminary Formation" (July 28, 2025) The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research, and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic traditio...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Claudia McAdam on her book Through Living Waters: An Origin Story About Baptism Teach children about the origins of the Sacrament of Baptism with this heartwarming story. With engaging illustrations and beautiful writing, Through Living Waters: An Origin Story About Baptism invites little Catholics into a story about the origins and...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Leslea Wahl on her book A Summer to Treasure (July 23, 2025) Teenage siblings Luke, Celia, and Austin are dreading their summer vacation. A month cooped up in an RV, touring around the Southwest, with their parents, grandmother, and each other? Pure torture. But when Grandma reveals the real reason for the trip, the journey becomes...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem. on his book Coached by Josemaría Escrivá: Lessons in Discipleship (July 22, 2025) Born at the turn of the twentieth century, St. Josemaría Escrivá spent his life as malleable clay in the Potter's hands. He took on a very visible leadership role as a priest and as the founder of Opus Dei, with a sub...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Michael Lichens on Pietro di Donato's I Killed Maria Goretti: The Life and Repentance of Alessandro Serenelli  (July 21, 2025) “I know I am not worthy of her help, yet she is to me in my darkness of sin what the bright and shining star is to the mariner, for her pardon gives me hope.” — Alessandro SerenelliThrough vivid storytelling...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Kevin Wells on his book Coached by the Curé: Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney (July 16, 2025) Kevin Wells, nephew of a holy Catholic priest murdered for standing up against clergy corruption, has written an unforgettable book—a humble yet urgent plea through the voice of the greatest priest-saint in history, St. Jean-Mar...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jeffrey Trissell on his book Unlocking the Churches: The Legal Victory Against California's Pandemic-Era Religious Discrimination. (July 15, 2025) “[I]t could be well said that a country, preserved at the sacrifice of all the cardinal principles of liberty, is not worth the cost of preservation.”  — The Supreme Court in Ex Parte Mil...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Hannah Rothwell on Transformative Learning and Personalism (July 10, 2025)

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Angela Fortunato on her book Wholeheartedly: God's Mystery of Love in the Call to Celibacy (July 9, 2025) The vocation of apostolic celibacy is a call from God to dedicate one's life entirely to the needs of the Church. In a world increasingly burdened by distraction from what matters most, this calling is all the more necessary—and...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Stacy Trasancos on her book IVF is Not the Way: The False Promises of Artificial Procreation (July 8, 2025) In a May 2024 Pew poll, more than two-thirds of Americans indicated they thought that IVF (in vitro fertilization) is good and should be accessible to anyone who wants it. Even among social conservatives — including the cu...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Br. James Francis Twyman, CFC, on his book I Don't Know, Maybe, I Love You: How to De-Polarize Your Family, Business, Country, and the World. In a nation torn apart by political strife, what if the solution was as simple as three little phrases? "I don't know. Maybe. I love you." When author James Twyman spoke these words during a h...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Michael Egnor & Denyse O'Leary on their book The Immortal Mind. A neuroscientist and surgeon makes an argument for the existence of a spiritual human soul in this eye-opening book. Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death. We are not spiri...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Stephanie Marley on Wake up, Jamaica! (June 27, 2025) Wake Up Jamaica was founded with the mission to empower Jamaican citizens to become active participants in the development, safety and governance of their country. We believe that a strong and prosperous Jamaica can only be achieved through the collective efforts of its citizens....