Unpopular Catholic Truths

This book of Catholic commentary defends and explains Catholic truths that are especially unpopular in the West today: the evil of abortion; the need for chastity; the evil of contraception; the necessity of an all-male ordained priesthood; and the historical fact that Peter was the first Bishop of Rome. This edition is newly supplemented with a review essay on then Cardinal Ratzinger's book Salt of the Earth. Author Oswald Sobrino, M.A. (Econ.), J.D., is a Catholic writer trained as an attorney and economist. He is a lay graduate student in Biblical Studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit. He writes the Catholic Analysis web column at www.CatholicAnalysis.blogspot.com. He has also published a collection of essays, Catholic Analysis 2006, also available at Lulu.com. Unpopular Catholic Truths is also available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.Sobrino, Oswald is the author of 'Unpopular Catholic Truths', published 2007 under ISBN 9781430325604 and ISBN 1430325607.