Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it's not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. They can no longer pretend that he represents merely a change of emphasis in papal teaching. Assessing the confusion sown by this pontificate, Lost Shepherd explains what's at stake, what's not at stake, and how loyal believers should respond.

Author Biography

Philip F. Lawler, a graduate of Harvard and one of America's most respected Catholic journalists, is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. His previous book is The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture.