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The Catholic University of America Press

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The Catholic University of America Press, also known as CUA Press, is the publishing division of The Catholic University of America. Founded on November 14, 1939 and incorporated on July 16, 1941, the CUA Press is a long-time member of the Association of University Presses.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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The Catholic University of America Press, also known as CUA Press, is the publishing division of The Catholic University of America. Founded on November 14, 1939 and incorporated on July 16, 1941, the CUA Press is a long-time member of the Association of University Presses. Its editorial offices are located on the campus of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The Press has over 1,500 titles in print and currently publishes 50-60 new titles annually, with particular emphasis on theology, philosophy, ecclesiastical history, medieval studies, and canon law. Trevor Lipscombe has been the director of the press since 2010.2

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A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by John Collins

Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

The Office and Authority of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine by Robert F. Prevost (Pope Leo XIV)

The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges, OP

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Ethica Thomistica by Ralph McInerny

The Sources of Christian Ethics by Servais-Theodore Pinckaers, OP

The Treatise on Laws by Gratian

The Mind That is Catholic by James V. Schall SJ

The God of Faith and Reason by Robert Sokolowski

Saint Thomas Aquinas by Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP

Some Seed Fell on Good Ground by Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan

A Godly Humanism, by Cardinal Francis George, OMI

Ossa Latinitatis by Reginald Foster, OCD, formerly of the Latin Letters Office, and Daniel McCarthy O.S.B.

The Church in Iraq by Cardinal Fernando Filoni

The Black Catholic Studies Reader edited by David Endres

Understanding the Diaconate by Shawn McKnight, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas;

Renewing our Hope by Robert Barron, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester

The Light of Christ by Thomas Joseph White, OP

The Pope: His Mission and Task by Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

The Virtues by John H. Garvey

The English Critical Edition of the Works of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II

Unity in Christ: Bishops, Synodality, and Communion by Cardinal Anthony Fisher OP.

Be Opened! The Catholic Church and Deaf Culture by Marlana Portolano

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