The Catholic Bookworm

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Peter Grover, OMV, on his book Making the Impossible Possible: It Is All About Who Is With You (October 13, 2026) This book explores the transformative power of divine partnership, showing how God works through human imperfections to achieve extraordinary results. Drawing from scripture, personal anecdotes, and life lessons, the...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Michael LaPenna on his book Baby Jesus is Missing. Baby Jesus is Missing is set in the small town of Reedy River. It is early December and baby Jesus figurines have been mysteriously disappearing from all over town. When Catherine and her younger sister, Susanna Mae, learn of a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of th...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dcn. Jim McFadden on his book Salvation History: God’s Rescue Operation (October 6, 2026) Salvation History: God’s Rescue Operation presents Scripture as the unfolding story of God’s tenacious love for humanity. Deacon Jim McFadden traces this saving plan from Adam and Eve through Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, Jeremi...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Paul Maxey on his book St. John Henry Newman’s Defense of the Immaculate Conception (October 5, 2026) Paul Maxey presents a compelling defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception through the thought of St. John Henry Newman. Drawing from Scripture, the early Church Fathers, and Newman’s essay on doctrinal development, this...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism Three: From Health to Infertility. ​ A wound is a rupture of a person’s physical and/or spiritual integrity, and a wound that remains open cannot heal. The gender ideologue surgeon’s experimental cut that creates a facsimile organ opposite to a person’s sex is, in reality, the deliberate...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Robert Shaffern on his book Peter of Galilee: Shepherd of the Early Church. (September 29, 2026) A fisherman from a backwater province of the Roman Empire, he became the rock upon which the Church was built. No figure in early Christianity is more compelling than Simon Peter. In this vivid portrait, Robert W. Shaffern recreates his...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Al Smith on his book The Soul of a Disciple: Fulton Sheen's Meditations on the Cross, the Eucharist, and the Christian Life (September 29, 2026)  There is a hunger in you that the world cannot satisfy. You may have tried to fill it with diversion, with noise, with the endless scroll of daily life activities. Yet it remains — that qu...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Perry Smith on his book Spiritual Parenting. (September 28, 2026) A clear plan for cultivating your child’s interior life. Practical habits for forming virtue in the home. Guidance rooted in Catholic tradition, not trends. Tools for shaping imagination, prayer, and family culture. Confidence to act as the spiritual director of your...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Marcus Peter on his book Biblical Wisdom to Transform Your Marriage: Knowing and Defeating Satan’s Attacks on Your Marriage. Biblical Wisdom to Transform Your Marriage by Dr. Marcus Peter offers a theologically grounded and pastorally urgent guide to reclaiming marriage as a sacred covenant. Drawing from Scripture, it frames marriag...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Ben Baran on his book Crucibles: How Faith and Science Help Us Navigate Suffering. Life's trials can break us--or they can forge us. When tragedy struck his family, Ben Baran was forced to confront suffering in its rawest form. In the aftermath—a Navy admiral, organizational psychologist, Catholic, husband, and father—sought answers...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Sarah Bartel on Ten Truths Every Catholic Bride Should Know about Sex. See also https://canafeast.com/10truths

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism Two: Evidence and Identity. Over the course of a number of years, the author has gravitated to a question which has come to the fore more and more: Can a person change his or her sex? What seemed like an occasional, anecdotal questioning, has emerged as a major crisis, especially among yo...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Bernadette Griffith on her book Whispering Hope through Hearing Loss: A Woman’s Surrender to the Still, Small Voice. Whispering Hope through Hearing Loss is a tender and courageous memoir of faith, identity, and resilience. Bernadette Griffith traces her journey from childhood tinnitus to a life-altering diagnosis of hearing loss, r...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dena Schusterman on her book Stories Carry. STORIES CARRY is a personal memoir about faith, belonging, and the inherited stories that shape us. As the daughter of Chabad emissaries in 1970s Berkeley, California, and now a shlucha herself in Atlanta, Georgia, Schusterman, mother of eight, has spent her life straddling two worlds--dee...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Andrew Mioni on his book The Sacrifice of Praise: Liturgical Debates and the Fundamentals of Worship. The Sacrifice of Praise offers a fresh and deeply biblical perspective on today’s liturgical debates by shifting the conversation from rubrics and preferences to the true heart of Christian worship. Drawing from Scripture, the Churc...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Tom DiFeo on his music, Called to Life. Visit Tom's channel at https://www.youtube.com/@tomdifeomusic Visit Tom's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thomas.j.difeo.sr

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism: A Question of Identity (Vol. 1). 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, philosophy a...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Michael Stalla on his book The Disciple Christ Deserves: A Catholic Spiritual Director’s Approach. ​ The journey to the Father is a joyful one, but there are times that the fragments of life, like bits and pieces of broken glass, seem shattered, seem useless. God takes those seemingly worthless moments, and shapes them into patt...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Miss Robyne L. Ferri on her book Slow Dancing with Jesus: Living Joyfully as a Single Catholic Woman! Slow Dancing with Jesus invites single Catholic women to discover joy, peace, and fulfilment in God during their single life journey, regardless of the length of that journey. Not even one full stop was set down without first being...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Patrick O'Hearn on his book The Lamb of God: The Story of Our Lady of Knock. Acclaimed authors Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC and Patrick O'Hearn bring the story of Knock to life for young readers, with beautiful illustrations by Ann Kissane Englehart. Endorsed by the Knock Shrine! Although many years have passed since Mary appeared in...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Sara Beth Meyer on her book Our Lady’s Love for Little Ones (August 31, 2026) In Our Lord's final hours, He promised His disciples that He would not leave them orphans (John 14:9), and placed His Mother & beloved disciple in each other's care (John 19:26). Over the centuries and across the miles, Our Lady continues to care for h...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Susan De Bartoli on her book Padre Pio’s American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle. (August 24, 2026) Born into the glittering world of New York high society, Mary Pyle seemed destined for a life of comfort, culture, and worldly influence. Instead, she followed a call to a remote mountain town in Southern Italy and would thereafter...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Theresa Hickey on her book Glimpses of Light. Glimpses of Light gathers faith-filled poems and reflections that trace the quiet movements of grace in ordinary life—moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer, and lived experience, these meditations invite readers to rediscover hope, comp...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Dominic G. Ciriaco on his book The Painted Pulpit: Corita Kent, Visual Theology and the Practice of Preaching. In The Painted Pulpit, Dominic G. Ciriaco explores the intersection of art, theology, and preaching through the life and work of Corita Kent, the celebrated “Pop Art Nun.” Drawing on Scripture, the theology of beauty, a...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. John Henry Hanson on his book The Fire and the Silence: Prayer, Thought, and the Battle for Inner Stillness. Why is it so hard to pray without distraction? Why does our mind wander to everything except God when we kneel to speak with him? And what do we do with the flood of thoughts that seem to overtake us in the very act of pr...