An Explanation of Catholic Morals and a prolific author of

and a prolific author of popular devotional treatises

offers two works of Eucharistic and Marian devotion

composed these treatises for the instruction of cloistered nuns in Flanders who sought to live hidden lives of prayer and penance under persecution and exile

Stapleton writes with the assumption that moral life flows from truth

this account offers readers both an accessible introduction and a spiritual pilgrimage into one of the greatest pontificates in history

An Explanation of Catholic Morals and a prolific author ofAn Explanation of Catholic Morals is a clear and methodical presentation of Catholic moral theology written for ordinary Catholics who want to understand how the Church reasons about right and wrong. Originally composed as a series of instructional essays, the book moves carefully from first principles to practical questions, treating conscience, sin, virtue, justice, duty, and the moral law with precision and calm authority. Rev. John H. Stapleton