I was interviewed on Expedition Truth radio on July 23, 2020 to discuss my book Hollow Anchors of Morality.  MP3 archive can be heard here !...

A few months back, I submitted an interview with CatholicFiction.net with a focus on my recent novel First Unseen . Read the interview here ...

How to Talk to a Skeptic  (2013) by Donald J. Johnson is an outstanding, tidy resource for any Christian looking to sharpen and/or develo...

I've been reading Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI's book Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfigura...

Apostle Peter Preaching by Lorenzo Veneziano, 1370 (acquired from Wikimedia Commons ) Recently, I reviewed perspectives on the office ...

My publisher produced a 15-second video trailer for my novel First Unseen . View the trailer here.

Daughter Zion by then-Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) is a work from 1983 in which the great theologian examine...

My novel  First Unseen  is now available through the publisher, Tate Publishing. Visit the author website at  www.samentile.com  for d...

For those who don't know, my novel First Unseen is projected for release around February 2013. I've set up an author website at ...

It's All Saints Day today. It seems appropriate to post about a saint. Recently I finished reading the Diary of St. Gemma Galgani . A li...

Padre Pio Under Investigation: The Secret Vatican Files  by Fr. Francesco Castelli is a chronicle centered on a 1921 Church-sanctioned inve...

I recently read World War Z by Max Brooks,  a 2006 novel chronicling a zombie apocalypse. The movie comes out later in 2013. There are a ...

The Broken Path (2011) by Judie Brown catalogs recent behavior among American Catholic bishops. The title refers to the many instances w...

Sin: A History (2009) by Dr. Gary A. Anderson is an excellent treatment on the historical imagery characterizing the idea of sin. I give i...

The Rite (2010 paperback) by Matt Baglio is one of the best books I have ever read. I give it 9 out of 10 stars. This is the book that serv...