Catholic Truth Society: 314 books

Every person has the right to petition for a declaration of the nullity of his or her marriage. In making such a declaration the Catholic Church states that a particular union was not a valid marriage. Taking account of the Church's rich teaching on marriage, Stephen Gasche explains why and how in...

Buddhism is recognised as one of the world's great religions, yet it is probably the least understood. Paul Williams explains the main tenets of Buddhism and its methods of prayer and meditation, comparing and contrasting them with the Catholic faith.

A butcher's wife from York, Margaret was brought up in the new Protestant religion, but was reconciled to the Catholic Church in 1574. Twelve years later she suffered brutal execution following years of apostolic activity, including harbouring Catholic priests. She had refused to plead at her trial...

Protestants account for just under half of all Christians in the world but are often placed in opposition to the other Catholic half. This ebooklet explores the roots of this split and the political and theological differences which caused it. It also looks at modern-day Protestantism, identifying the main distinctions within it and how these relate to Catholic Christianity.

Historical novels, science fiction, apologetics, plays, poems, children’s books: Robert Hugh Benson was both a versatile writer and a remarkably prolific one. His father was the Archbishop of Canterbury; in 1895, he ordained Hugh an Anglican priest, the year before Pope Leo XIII declared Anglican...

James Britten gives an attractive picture of growing up in an Anglo-Catholic parish in the late nineteenth century; he is less eirenic describing the violent differences he found in other Anglican churches. For Britten, the sheer contradiction between Anglicanism’s professedly unsacramental evangelical...

“In the world today freedom of religion is often talked about rather than put into practice.” - Pope Francis. Today being a Christian could cost you your life. Catholic thinking on religious freedom believes that secular states should grant religious freedom to everyone who lives in them, and...

This eBook invites us to examine our attitude towards death, and help us to discover how taking death on board enhances the way we live our life. The Catholic teaching on unbaptised babies, suicide, burials and cremation, and music at funerals, are all carefully addressed here. With updated texts...

This eBook explains the Catholic understanding of marriage and why the Catholic Church teaches that divorce and re-marriage in the Church are not permissible. Compassionately written, it places the discussion in the words of Christ, of Scripture and in the Church's rich tradition concerning the sacrament...

There are over one billion Muslims in the world today. In Britain Muslims now outnumber Methodists. This ebook examines the historical background to the rise of Islam in seventh century Arabia and its subsequent expansion throughout the Middle East, North Africa and much of Asia, as well as answering the most important questions about Islamic belief and practice from a Catholic perspective.

There are many influences that can cause a person to abandon the faith that they once loved, from the hostility of secular society and misleading philosophical arguments to painful experiences that undermine their beliefs about God and his Church. This sensitive exploration of the reasons why people...

This ebooklet presents the Christian faith in a series of 73 concise articles. Each article expresses, in a nutshell, the core ideas about a wide range of topics as they are found in the Catholic tradition. The aim is to give food for thought, clear and accurate explanations and so to provide a mini-catechism...

Telling the life of the Pope who was beatified on October 19th 2014. During Pope Paul's papacy (1963-1978) more changes were introduced in the Catholic Church than in all previous centuries combined, not least due to the Second Vatican Council. His pontificate defined the papacy's new role and, amid...

What kind of people do we need to be if we are to live up to the grace of our Baptism as children of God, able to call God, “Our Father?” Besides the theological virtues, the life of grace needs a wide range of character-forming dispositions. These dispositions are called the infused moral virtues,...