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Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo sees a battle line drawn against an entire gender – not just this religion or that – with the HHS mandate

After nine children, an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore and an MBA from Vanderbilt, what’s a mother to do? For Elm Street Records recording artist Marie Bellet, the answer involved returning to the studio with a new batch of original songs.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait, a new book by Blessed Mother Teresa's longtime companion and confessor Msgr. Leo Maasburg, is available now from Ignatius Press.

After 20 years of continuous publication by Ignatius Press, Catholic World Report is moving exclusively online beginning Jan. 1, 2012. Carl E. Olson, editor of Ignatius Insight and a prolific author, has been named editor of the online publication.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo addresses U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision to overrule a Food and Drug Administration plan to make the Plan B morning-after pill available over-the-counter to girls of any age.

Ignatius Press has released a landmark 2-DVD set, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, that will introduce his media legacy to millions – and reintroduce his on-air presence to those who remember him as a cherished friend they tuned in to see every week.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo addresses researches that have discovered the use of prescription medications for mental health conditions is alarmingly high in America – especially among women.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo addresses research released last week that shows as many as one of every dozen teens harm themselves through cutting, burning and, in some cases, suicidal acts as they progress from puberty into young adulthood.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo addresses the objectification and the over-sexualization of young girls in TLC’s controversial TV series, “Toddlers and Tiaras.”

Bestselling author and iconographer Michael O’Brien is coming to northern California for a series of appearances and presentations Nov. 14-20

Studies are showing children who hear cursing on TV and in video games pick up the profanity themselves – and tend to exhibit more aggressive behavior than youngsters who don’t watch profane TV or play video games containing curse words.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo sees the common sense in warnings issued earlier this week from the American Academy of Pediatrics that children 2 and younger should not be spending time in front of the TV.

Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo urges actress Susan Sarandon to apologize to Pope Benedict XVI and Catholics around the world for calling the Holy Father a Nazi – not once but twice – during the Hamptons Film Festival last weekend.

How much do you know about Fatima, the Miracle of the Sun, the secrets Mary revealed to three peasant children, and her call to pray the Rosary daily? Now is a perfect time to visit a website devoted to Fatima

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that enables girls 12 and older to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine without parental consent. Author Teresa Tomeo finds it disquieting.

Jesuit Fr. Joseph Fessio, Founder and Editor of Ignatius Press, will bring together classic authors C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton – and include the work of the Second Vatican Council – as he teaches “Revelation and Christology.”

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics from around the world packed into Madrid’s Cibeles Square – YOUCATS in hand – for the 2 p.m. ET (USA) Mass that opened World Youth Day 2011.

Finding Fatima introduces an important Marian apparition in Church history. Producers Ian and Dominic Higgins have created a docudrama about Our Lady’s appearances to apparitions to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto.

YOUCAT, the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, will impact more than 40,000 Catholic teens in the United States and Canada this summer – even before the book is widely distributed during 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid.

Her mystery unfolds on a 17th Century British beach. Washed ashore from who knows where, the young woman has a confession to make and a story to tell – as soon as the locals figure out who she is and where she came from.

Ninety-four years ago today, three Portuguese children were contemplating the apparition they’d experienced. Those children – and the village of Fatima – offered the world hope through the Virgin Mary’s call to prayer, penance and conversion.

Ignatius Press is publishing the English-language edition of YOUCAT– short for “Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church.” YOUCAT, which includes a foreword from Pope Benedict XVI, will be distributed at this year’s World Youth Day.

After debuting as an instant bestseller, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week has moved to No. 5 on the April 3 New York Times bestseller list. The book also made the bestseller lists published by The Wall Street Journal and “Publisher’s Weekly."

William P. Clark and Dr. Paul Kengor, two men familiar with America’s first encounter with African dictator Moammar Gadhafi, call for the Obama administration to take a Reagan-like stance in dealing with him.

The death of Jesus of Nazareth remains controversial, even after almost 2000 years. Pope Benedict XVI revisits the debate in his new book, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week, the second volume of his work on the figure of Jesus.

In a book already getting worldwide attention for the disclosure of the answer to just one question asked of the Pope, one can be sure that “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times” has much more to tell.

As the world awaits his beatification, American Catholics who are interested in getting acquainted with – or growing closer to – Cardinal Newman need look no further than Ignatius Press.

Jesuit Fr. Joseph Fessio, founder of Ignatius Press, former student of Pope Benedict XVI and leader in Catholic higher education, is launching a groundbreaking, college-credit program for Catholic high school students, homeschoolers, and others.

Pope Benedict XVI’s second volume of “Jesus of Nazareth” will be published in English by Ignatius Press, according to an agreement between Ignatius Press and the Vatican’s Publishing House, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV).

Pennsylvania based Catholic priest Fr. Larry Richards continues to challenge and inspire fathers with his book, “Be A Man: Become the Man God Created You to Be.”

Pope Benedict’s former student speaks out in support of the Pope and responds to the lack of responsible journalism on this story.

A wickedly witty satire, The Loser Letters chronicles the conversion of a young adult Christian to atheism. A.F. Christian’s open letters to R. Dawkins and C. Hitchens explain her reasons for rejecting God and the consequences of that choice.

In Be A Man, Fr. Larry Richards discusses the historical nature of love and charity. Recognizing that love starts with God, Fr. Larry encourages men to dig deeper into their hearts to see that loving others is worth the reward.

A special tele-press conference in conjunction with the DVD release of The 13th Day. This is an opportunity for the press to ask questions of the filmmakers and actors in The 13th Day as well as Ignatius Press, the North American distributors.

In "Be A Man," Fr. Richards looks at the biblical male role models of King David from the Old Testament, St. Paul from the New Testament, and “Jesus – the Alpha and Omega of all men.”

Organizations that participate in the Advance Screening Program purchase a one-year license, allowing them to show The 13th Day as often as they want over a year.

Ignatius Press is the North American distributor of The 13th Day. In cooperation with Catholic Dioceses and organizations, Ignatius will host pre-release screenings to Catholic leadership on October 13, the anniversary of the final apparition.