Dear Padre: Questions Catholics Ask

A helpful tool for understanding the Catholic faith, presented in an easy-to-digest question-and-answer format. Compiled from the popular "Dear Padre" column, which has appeared in Liguori's parish bulletin series since the late 1970s. The questions selected include those on contemporary issues that ordinary Catholics in the pew can easily imagine themselves asking. The answers of the various priest-columnists are very pastoral in nature and written in easily understood language.

288-page paperback; 5-1/8 x 7-3/8

Increasingly, Catholics are asking questions about their faith. In our pluralistic, secular society many are confused about what the Church really teaches, what Catholics should believe, and how they should behave in their daily lives. For more than 25 years, many Catholics have turned to the "Dear Padre" column in the pages of their Sunday bulletins, where each week a priest columnist addresses a particular issue and presents the Catholic teaching or perspective on these subjects. Father Thomas M. Santa has compiled these columns into a book of 16 sections which cover Advent and Christmas, Angels, the Bible, the Blessed Mother, Catholic Beliefs, Catholic Practices, Christian Living, the Church, Confession and Sin, the Eucharist/Mass, Faith, Jesus, the Last Days, Lent and Easter, Marriage and Family Life, and the Saints. Also included are a Glossary of Terms and Resources. Dear Padre: Questions Catholics Ask is a helpful guide to understanding and living the Catholic faith. It belongs in every Catholic home, school, and parish library.

A Redemptorist Pastoral Publication is often written by more than one author. These publications approach sometimes-difficult topics using a down-to-earth style consistent with the pastoral understanding and care Redemptorists are known for in their ministry to individuals.