On the Nightstand: December 2015

I’ve had some pretty intense conversations with friends on whether it’s harder to live for Christ or to die for him. Let’s just agree that both are extremely challenging, and that martyrdom goes on today, in more places and situations than we care to acknowledge. Perhaps Pope Francis said it best, recently calling Christian persecution “a form of genocide.”

I’m looking forward to spending time this month with Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s new book about martyrdom through the ages, including those w...