Leonardo Castellani: 2 books

A question Christians have been asking themselves since He ascended into Heaven. A difficult question. A necessary one. One that has been answered variously by Christians of all type of denominations. But, in the last centuries, not so much by Catholics. Fr Castellani fills the void with solid knowledge and great style.

The whole life of Jesus of Nazareth as a man can be summed up in one standard expression: "He was the Messiah and he fought the Pharisees"—or perhaps even more briefly: "He fought the Pharisees". That was the work Christ personally assigned to himself: his campaign. All the lives...