Tony Ryan: Ireland’s Aviator, by Richard Aldous (Gill & Macmillan, €24.99/£21.99)

Channels of Prayer by Innocent Chibueze Ezeonyeasi (St Paul’s Publishing, €11.50/£9.99)

In these three books the Pontiff Emeritus continues to provide insights for the faithful, through a series of reflections.  The most interesting of the three is perhaps learning to believe in which Benedict calls on all the faithful, especially those going through difficult moments in their life or belief, to continue their journal, with what…

Pam Rhodes will be familiar to many as the presenter for many years of Songs of Praise. One of the most genuinely popular religious programmes on television. But she is also the author of some five novels. This book however is the first in a new series, relating the chronicles of a small English town.…

Rediscovering St Patrick: A new theory of origins by Marcus Losack (Columba Press, €16.99 / £14.50)

Defying the law of the land: agrarian radicals in Irish history edited by Brian Casey (The History Press Ireland)

Mount Merrion by Justin Quinn (Penguin Ireland, €14.99 / £12.99)

For many years Cardinal Martini of was spoken of as a papabile. His elevation was not to be, but he remained one of the most influential and admired of senior clergy with a ready ability to communicate what he believed to the widest kind of audience. Though he passed away after some years of illness…

Father Redmond will be familiar to many not only for his many; devotional books, but also for his musical compositions. "It is my hope," he writes "that this book will convey something of the continuity of the crowning act of providence, something of that witnessing appreciation and love" which some of the great spiritual figures…

The Family Prayer Book, Council for Marriage and the Family of the Irish Episcopal Conference (Veritas, €14.99 / €14.99 / £12.75)