Ignatius Press
CV NEWS FEED // Ignatius Press has announced an online book launch for their new book, “Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights: 1800s to Present.” The event will take place on September 9, the feast of St. Peter Claver.
The book celebrates sixteen Catholics who contributed to the civil and human rights movements, according to a recent Ignatius Press news release, including “lay and religious, canonized saints and even ordinary car mechanics.”
The book includes biographies of Nicholas Black Elk, a Native American catechist, Austrian farmer Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, who was killed for refusing to fight for the Nazis in World War II, and Venerable Pierre Toussaint, a former slave who became an entrepreneur and philanthropist, according to the news release.
Each chapter pairs a biography with a pillar of natural law, as natural law is the foundation for the human rights movement, the press release continues. The book also relies on Church documents.
“These short, readable, yet insightful biographies of figures who exemplify each pillar demonstrate how the teachings of Christ, through his Church, can drive ordinary believers to do extraordinary deeds,” the press release stated.
Several archbishops have endorsed the book, including Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of the Archdiocese of Denver, and Archbishop Emeritus Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The virtual book launching will feature the experts on Catholicism and human rights, including authors Matt Daniels and Roxanne King, and Catholic author and speaker Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers. The National Review’s editor-at-large Kathryn Jean Lopez will moderate the book launching.
Those interested can register for the free online event by clicking here.
