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Kiki Latimer interviews Catholic authors who speak about theology, philosophy, spirituality, and literary works.
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7 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dcn. Jim McFadden on his book Salvation History: God’s Rescue Operation (October 6, 2026)
Salvation History: God’s Rescue Operation presents Scripture as the unfolding story of God’s tenacious love for humanity. Deacon Jim McFadden traces this saving plan from Adam and Eve through Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, Jeremiah, and its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Written for students, educators, parish groups, and adult readers, this accessible guide reveals the Bible’s overarching narrative and invites readers to recognize a God who never abandons his people but calls them home.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/salvationhistory/
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7 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Paul Maxey on his book St. John Henry Newman’s Defense of the Immaculate Conception (October 5, 2026)
Paul Maxey presents a compelling defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception through the thought of St. John Henry Newman. Drawing from Scripture, the early Church Fathers, and Newman’s essay on doctrinal development, this work illuminates how Catholic teaching matures organically from apostolic roots. Engaging both Protestant objections and historical theology, Maxey offers a clear, accessible, and deeply faithful exploration of one of the Church’s most profound Marian doctrines.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/newmansdefense/
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7 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism Three: From Health to Infertility.
A wound is a rupture of a person’s physical and/or spiritual integrity, and a wound that remains open cannot heal. The gender ideologue surgeon’s experimental cut that creates a facsimile organ opposite to a person’s sex is, in reality, the deliberate opening and maintenance of a wound. This reflects the broader trajectory of gender ideology, whether expressed through name changes, invented pronouns, or a chemically and surgically altered appearance.
As we will see in this book, interpreting studies on transgenderism requires realism: the apparent rise in youth identifying as transgender is best understood not as a distinct category of human beings, but as the deliberate consequence of many influences. The electronic media connects ideological advocates with vulnerable young people. In addition, there is an explicitly pornographic sex education organized around a false “cis/trans” binary rather than the natural, biological complementarity of being male or female. Furthermore, there are books promoting multi-sex identities. And there is the use of anti-discrimination laws to advance gender ideology. This culture-wide confluence of gender ideologues’ ideas contributes to an environment in which parents doubt their God-given protective parental instincts and children are told they can be anything except who they are.
Families are even confronted with the false dilemma: “Do you want a dead son or a live daughter?” This false dilemma is emotional blackmail because drugs and surgeries cannot change a person’s sex. Sex is not a phase, a choice, or a mere bodily feature, but an expression of the whole person innately connected to their natural reproductive design, a beautiful reality that can be obscured by trauma and yet naturally reasserts itself as the ground of identity. The essential question of life is not what we reject or remake, but what kind of gift we are called to be for others. We are no longer dealing with medicine but with ideological fallout that fails to grasp the psychological and physical wounds opened in young people and their families. What is needed is clear evidence, sound medicine that does no harm and the spiritual help we seek or receive from a merciful God.
This book, with an authoritative foreword by Dr. Michelle Cretella, offers a concise account of where this debate stands today.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/transgenderismthree/
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5 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Robert Shaffern on his book Peter of Galilee: Shepherd of the Early Church. (September 29, 2026)
A fisherman from a backwater province of the Roman Empire, he became the rock upon which the Church was built.
No figure in early Christianity is more compelling than Simon Peter. In this vivid portrait, Robert W. Shaffern recreates his life from the shores of the Sea of Tiberias to the circus of Nero, revealing a man whose very human failings make his ultimate faithfulness all the more remarkable. Drawing on Scripture, the Apostolic Fathers, and the latest archaeological evidence, Shaffern reconstructs the world Peter inhabited: the bustling fishing economy of first-century Galilee, the fiery upheaval of Pentecost, the fractious Jewish-Christian communities of Antioch and Rome, debates among Jewish religious authorities, the politics of Roman Judaea, and the brutal persecutions that would end his life. Along the way, he illuminates the enduring bond between Peter and Paul, traces Peter’s influence in the writings of Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, and follows the thread of tradition to the bones discovered beneath Bernini’s baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica.
https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Galilee-Shepherd-Early-Church/dp/B0H6SSD3HH/
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3 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Al Smith on his book The Soul of a Disciple: Fulton Sheen's Meditations on the Cross, the Eucharist, and the Christian Life (September 29, 2026)
There is a hunger in you that the world cannot satisfy. You may have tried to fill it with diversion, with noise, with the endless scroll of daily life activities. Yet it remains — that quiet ache for something real, something lasting, something holy.Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen knew that hunger well. He spent more than sixty years assuaging it in the best way: on his knees, in silence, before the Blessed Sacrament, in what he called his daily Holy Hour. From that secluded hour flowed everything — his preaching, his books, his television ministry that reached millions, and his spiritual fire that made him one of the most compelling voices of the twentieth century. Sheen was convinced that the renewal of Holy Mother Church would come not through programs or initiatives but through souls willing simply to remain with Christ.This book is your invitation to do exactly that.Inside, you will find six powerful retreats drawn from the heart of the great evangelizer’s preaching — on the Holy Face of Jesus, Our Lady, the Beatitudes, the Holy Eucharist, the Cross, and Holy Week. Each day offers a reflection, a prayer, a simple practice, and a phrase to carry with you out into the world. These are not tasks to check off; they are doorways that lead to encounters with the living God.Whether you pray alone, with your spouse and family, in a parish group, or during the sacred days of Holy Week, this devotional will meet you where you are and lead you into a deeper embrace with Christ. Also included is a practical guide on how to make a Holy Hour, and a step-by-step Leader’s Reference Guide for group use.Through Archbishop Sheen’s timeless wisdom, you will discover:
- How to rest beneath the loving gaze of Christ’s Holy Face — and why that gaze changes everything
- Why devotion to Mary is not piety for the faint of heart but a healing encounter with a mother who loves you with fierce tenderness
- How the Beatitudes are not impossible ideals but a blueprint for the freedom your soul is craving
- How to draw near to our Lord in the Holy Eucharist and experience, perhaps for the first time, the full weight of His mercy
- How the Cross — the instrument we instinctively flee — alone holds the secret to forgiveness, surrender, and a love stronger than your worst failure
- Why the Resurrection is God’s refusal to give up on you and how it opens a door to beginning again, no matter what lies behind you
Sheen liked to say that the saints became saints not through extraordinary deeds but through ordinary deeds done with extraordinary love. That path is open to you. Your suffering has meaning, your heart can be healed, and your daily life, however ordinary it may seem, can become the raw material of holiness.For Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the Holy Hour was never an obligation. It was a love affair — a daily meeting at the Fountain of all grace, where the heart of God speaks quietly to the heart of man. These pages will bring you to that Fountain. Come and drink.
https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Disciple-Meditations-Eucharist-Christian/dp/B0GWTK7LLZ/
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3 OCT 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Perry Smith on his book Spiritual Parenting. (September 28, 2026)
A clear plan for cultivating your child’s interior life.Practical habits for forming virtue in the home.Guidance rooted in Catholic tradition, not trends.Tools for shaping imagination, prayer, and family culture.Confidence to act as the spiritual director of your home.
https://www.catholicfamilyformation.org/spir
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24 SEP 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Marcus Peter on his book Biblical Wisdom to Transform Your Marriage: Knowing and Defeating Satan’s Attacks on Your Marriage.
Biblical Wisdom to Transform Your Marriage by Dr. Marcus Peter offers a theologically grounded and pastorally urgent guide to reclaiming marriage as a sacred covenant. Drawing from Scripture, it frames marriage as spiritual warfare and a path to sanctification, equipping couples with practical insights, reflection, and prayer. Addressing modern challenges with clarity and conviction, the book calls spouses to deeper unity, sacrificial love, and a Christ-centered vision that transforms the home into a foretaste of heaven.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/biblicalwisdom/
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24 SEP 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Ben Baran on his book Crucibles: How Faith and Science Help Us Navigate Suffering.
Life's trials can break us--or they can forge us. When tragedy struck his family, Ben Baran was forced to confront suffering in its rawest form. In the aftermath—a Navy admiral, organizational psychologist, Catholic, husband, and father—sought answers to the questions all of us eventually face: How do we endure the unendurable? What purpose might suffering serve? Can faith and science together show us a way through? Crucibles is his honest and hope-filled response. Baran weaves insights from psychology and sociology with the Catholic tradition, especially the teachings of St. John Paul II. He explores how adversity can both wound and transform. Drawing on stories from Antarctic explorers, Holocaust survivors, soldiers, saints, and parents, he shows how life's crucibles are unavoidable but also potentially redemptive: clarifying who we are, forging resilience, and binding us together in solidarity. A guide for anyone facing hardship or preparing for it, this candid and compassionate book is full of raw beauty and honest hope, reminding us that even in our deepest trials, we are never alone.
https://www.amazon.com/Crucibles-Faith-Science-Navigate-Suffering/dp/1594171106/
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22 SEP 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Sarah Bartel on Ten Truths Every Catholic Bride Should Know about Sex.
See also https://canafeast.com/10truths
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19 SEP 2026 · In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge on his book Transgenderism Two: Evidence and Identity.
Over the course of a number of years, the author has gravitated to a question which has come to the fore more and more: Can a person change his or her sex? What seemed like an occasional, anecdotal questioning, has emerged as a major crisis, especially among young people and their families. But, what is more, this is not an abstract question; it has profound implications for the health and well being of many people, many institutions, and society as a whole.
As we explore the roots of this phenomenon we begin to realise that it has grown out of an anti-woman feminism which goes back decades and which, like a virus, has spread far and wide, residing in many institutional policies, mentalities, and encroaching upon justice in the workplace and in society generally. But, going further than describing the extent and nature of gender ideology, an idea that has been imposed on people and societies, it is necessary to examine its explicit or implied philosophy. For, with respect to an increasing number of young people, often girls, it is leading to the life-changing destruction of healthy sexual organs which, in some cases, are replaced with “facsimiles” of the opposite sex.
Drilling down, then, into human identity entails focusing on the depths of the human person, the crucial sensitivity needed to aid each young person with his or her formation. But, in view of the society in which we live, this book is also about being informed about the social context in which questions of identity are being asked and answered.
https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/transgenderismtwo/
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