How did the Catholic Church respond to the moral, intellectual and practical challenges of the past three centuries? We learn what lies behind modern Catholic social teaching.

What could attract a famous clergyman and bestselling author to become a Catholic, and a Catholic priest? In this book, he tells us.

Four texts illustrate how approaches to entering into Christian marriage have both changed and yet conveyed a constant message.

Here is an eyewitness account, by a German Jesuit, of the atom bombing of Hiroshima. Appended is an account of the Christian peace movement by a well-known activist.

We may imagine death will not happen to us. How should we prepare for death? How can we accompany the dying? Why do Christians look for life after death?

What do we mean by the resurrection? What does the Church teach, and why should we believe it? Two very different writers explain.