Fr. Joseph Fessio on Fox and Friends

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

New York Times Bestseller!

Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week will debut March 27 as a New York Times Bestseller!

This sensational news comes as acclaim for the Pope’s second volume on Christ’s life continues to grow.

“It’s a remarkable achievement,” said Protestant scholar Dr. Craig A. Evans of Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, in Wolfville, N.S., Canada. “It’s the best book I’ve read on Jesus in years. This is a book that I think all Christians should read, be they Protestant or Catholic.”

“This book fulfills Pope Benedict’s ardent desire – that it would ‘be helpful to all readers who seek to encounter Jesus and to believe in him,’” said Capuchin Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy (O.F.M., Cap.), Executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Doctrine.

You can read the full press release (PDF) in the newsroom on the Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week website: click here.

Fr. Joseph Fessio interviewed on Vatican Radio

Listen to the Vatican Radio interview with Ignatius Press founder Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, as he discusses the release of Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week. Click here.

Rome Reports: Benedict XVI receives editors of new book "Jesus of Nazareth"

"What Benedict XVI has written about the Jews is news—but not new news"

Carl E. Olson over at Ignatius Press's Insight Scoop has an in-depth look at the Church's relationship with Judaism. He says that:

...it's understandable and important that the Holy Father address the issue in a chapter about the trial of Jesus Christ. Yet is not so understandable why so many news outlets (not all, but many) are presenting Benedict's statements as somehow new and surprising, even unprecedented.

It's important that people understand that the Catholic Church—in conciliar and magisterial documents—has addressed this vital issue directly, and that Benedict is fleshing out and remarking in more detail on what has already been established by previous pontiffs.

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(Note: Insight Scoop is operated by Ignatius Press, the publisher of Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week.)