The Vatican Curia is a mystery, but it need not be a shadowy mystery. Anthony Ekpo's 'The Roman Curia: History, Theology and Organization' contributes greatly to our understanding of the structures and organization of the Curia.

Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P., wasn't officially a 'peritus' at the Second Vatican Council, but that didn't stop him from having a powerful influence on the council and on church theology for decades afterward.

Jason Blakely’s new book, “Lost in Ideology,” is “quite simply the best guide to today’s dominant ideologies,” writes William Cavanaugh. “Blakely is concise, sympathetic, insightful, critical and fair.”

We are still awaiting the flowering of Catholic literature for young Catholics.

Catholic themes abound in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and the new season of 'The Rings of Power' stays true to that vision.

Gerald O'Collins, S.J., the Australian Jesuit theologian who died last week, was a prominent writer in Christology, ecclesiology, spirituality and more in an academic career that spanned seven decades.