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HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT: BUBBLE INDICATION OF THE ORDINARY JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2025
Summary : Pope Francis, Deer, May 2024. On the occasion of the Jubilee 2025, Pope Francis invites us to a time of reflection around hope. What is hope? What is it made of? What feeds it? He invites us to reconnect with this key notion of Christian life by relearning patience, the engine of hope, in an increasingly fast-paced world. Find it in bookstores.
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THIS PLACE IN US THAT WE DO NOT KNOW: IN SEARCH OF THE KINGDOM
Albin Michel
Summary : Marie Balmary, Albin Michel, March 2024. A study of the different readings of the Gospel texts according to their original language. The author shares her interpretations of texts translated from Hebrew and Greek, highlighting translation errors and moralizing diversions that influence the Christian faith. Find it in bookstores.
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HOLOCAUSTS: ISRAEL, GAZA AND THE WAR AGAINST THE WEST
Plon
Summary :Gilles Kepel, Plon, March 2024. Avenues for reflection on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, more particularly since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the consequences that this has had in terms of geopolitics. The author develops the theory according to which the conflict would also represent a war against the West and its values. Find it in bookstores.
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DIGNITAS INFINITA
Deer
Summary : Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cerf, April 2024. Official text which recalls the fundamental principles of human dignity, accompanied by a denunciation of violations of this dignity: poverty, war, exploitation of migrants, violence against women, among others. Find it in bookstores.
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The Ritz Bartender
Albin Michel
Summary :Philippe Collin, The Ritz Barman, Albin Michel, April 2024. Paris, during the Second World War. While the city was occupied, only one palace remained open, the Ritz, which became the headquarters of the Luftwaffe. Within its walls, men from the Gestapo, celebrities, resistance fighters and war profiteers meet and rub shoulders under the keen gaze of Frank Meier, the bartender, an Austrian emigrant of Jewish origin. First novel. Find it in bookstores.
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BETWEEN WARS
Gallimard
Summary : François Lecointre, Gallimard, April 2024. Story of the birth of a military vocation. The general relates the daily life of a young officer, between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. It notably evokes questions of commitment, combat, fraternity and even fear. Find it in bookstores.
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WHEN JESUS SPEAKS TO ISRAEL: A RABBIN READS THE GOSPELS
Summary : Philippe Haddad, When Jesus Speaks to Israel: A Rabbi Reads the Gospels, Dervy, April 2024. A new light on Jesus that promotes interreligious dialogue. A rabbi of the liberal movement, the author teaches the Gospels in the light of Jewish tradition: Bible, Midrash and Talmud. Here he suggests meditating on the words, teachings and gestures of Jesus in the coherence of Judaism from the time of the second temple of Jerusalem. Find it in bookstores.
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CREDO: COMPENDIUM OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH
Setbacks
Summary : Athanasius Schneider, Contretemps, April 2024. Deploring contemporary religious ignorance, the bishop proposes a text inspired by the catechism to present the fundamentals of the Catholic Church (worship, prayers, morality, sacraments, among others) and provide answers on subjects such as homosexual union , papal authority or even liturgical reform. Find it in bookstores.
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BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF SAINTS AND EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES
Artège
Summary :Blanche Rivière, Beautiful stories of Saints and Eucharistic Miracles, Artège, April 2024. Twenty miracles are recounted in order to discover the sacrament of the Eucharist and its mystery, through the centuries: Saint Tarcisius, Imelda Lambertini, the Curé of Ars, Dominic Savio, Elisabeth of the Trinity, Pius X, Charles de Foucauld, Carlo Acutis, among others. Find it in bookstores.
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ask god
Summary: Timothy Radcliffe, Lukasz Popko, Questioning God, Deer, April 2024. An interview between a preacher and a young Dominican on the relationship between God and his faithful. The authors highlight the need for questioning and conversation to strengthen one’s faith in times of doubt. Find it in bookstores.
