The Catholic Bookworm

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...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, CSsR, on his book Holy Exercises: St. Alphonsus de Liguori and the Spirituality of Practice. (November 19, 2024) The purpose of Alphonsian spirituality is to preach the Gospel by our words and actions. The conversion of the world presupposes our own inner conversion of heart which, in turn, presupposes developing h...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Andrew Sodergren and Emily Dowdell on Gender Ideology and Pastoral Practice. This book has been designed to assist Catholics doing pastoral work and ministering to children and families caught up in a destructive ideology. Questions the editors of this volume and many of the contributors to it have heard most often and have been fie...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Helen Hoffner on her book The Rosary Collector's Guide. With 240 color photos and engaging text, this is the first book devoted to collecting rosaries. Hundreds of examples and informative text enables antique lovers, historians, and collectors of religious artifacts to identify variations of rosaries, and their crosses, crucifixes,...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jennifer Roback Morse on her chapter entitled "The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims: The Church was Right All Along" in the book "Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality." This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through t...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Andrew Abela on Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life (October 30, 2024) For too many of us, life is harder than it needs to be. We have forgotten the ancient system of “super habits” — a specific set of habits for making decisions, managing our emotions, and dealing with other people that fosters lives of grea...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Deborah Savage on her edited volume Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality. 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 terms. Wh...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jay Morris on his book Masterpiece: Our Journey to Spiritual Transformation (October 25, 2024) We all must ask crucial questions about our life here on earth. Am I experiencing life the way God, the Master Creator, designed my life to be lived? Or am I living a lesser, devolving life of my own choosing? We, God’s ultimate creations,...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Antony Kolenc on his book Shadows: Visible and Invisible. (October 21, 2024) Shadows: Visible and Invisible is a collection of Hallowtide-themed short stories by seven Catholic Teen Books authors. Grace and the Grave Robber: Grace doesn't know what it means to go "souling," but she certainly wasn't expecting it to be like this! Boge...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviewsGil Bailie on his book The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self: Recovering the Christian Mystery of Personhood (October 10, 2024) The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self is a collection of stories, fictional and factual, highlighting two themes: the autonomous self, now in a profound crisis; and the person, whose Christian sources and cont...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Sarah Bartel on her ministry My Delight: A 90-Day Program to More Intimacy, Joy and Pleasure in Sex (October 9, 2024) Bring all your honest questions about sex in marriage that you didn't know who to ask! What is okay and not is not allowed for Catholics? How far is too far when you're using fertility awareness to avoid? How do...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Frank Ravanelli on his book Pages of the Aduir: Journey to the Peninsia Throne (October 3, 2024) The continents of Innrealm and Jugoria stand on the brink of destruction, under the Dark Lord Voloc’s tyrannical rule. Uriel, a young boy, unknowingly holds the fate of these lands in his hands. As Voloc’s influence spreads, Uriel is thr...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Rebecca Martin on her book Love in the Eternal City: A Swiss Guard Romance (October 2, 2024) Rome—once the heart of an empire, now the heart of the Catholic Church—has witnessed many love stories. When the Eternal City draws together a Swiss Guard and an American expat, a modern-day romance blooms in the shadow of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Haunted by a broke...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Andrew Mioni on his book Altar Against Altar: An Analysis of Catholic Traditionalism. (September 25, 2024) When does the crisis in the Church end? May priests universally minister without any canonical mission? Can one Eucharist be offered against another in legitimate Catholic worship? Using the Scriptures, patristic sources, and m...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Cathy Colver Garland and Randy Colver on their book Revelationship: Transformative Intimacy with Christ (September 23, 2024) Revelationship is how God reveals himself as he pursues us for relationship. In a world deconstructing, Christ reveals himself —the indestructible cornerstone of all that it means to thrive. When we embrace Ch...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Katelyn Slater, Creative Director of the Acting Program, at JP Catholic. John Paul the Great Catholic University | JPCatholic Katelyn is an alumna of JPCatholic and graduated within the acting emphasis. Since graduating, she has worked closely with Prof. Eskey in developing and teaching the courses at JPCatholic, while pursuing her...