American Saint: The Life of Elizabeth Seton by Joan Barthel is NOT for Faithful Catholics!

I was prepared to read a biography of the Roman Catholic saint Elizabeth Seton but was extremely disappointed right from the beginning of the book. Starting with the Forward I realized that this was just a book about the life of a Catholic saint. No, the Forward to this book was written by a noted Leftist and homosexual marriage advocate Maya Angelou, which for me is inappropriate for a book on someone who is revered for her Catholic faith and holiness.

If this wasn't bad enough the author Joan Barthel started off trashing Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church. The prepublication materials include this line, "Elizabeth began the fight for woman's rights in the church that is still being fought today, and the publication of her story could not be more timely." This says it all. The audience for this book are the Catholic heretics, anti-Catholics, and liberals. The same people who call the Catholic Church "misogynistic" (despite the fact that the Church reveres Mary and hundreds of women saints for their holiness in the Faith) will cheer at the misguided and idiotic nonsense that one can get from this useless pseudo biography.

So, the bottom line is this is NOT a biography on a Catholic saint, it is instead a Left-wing propaganda piece in the guise of a biography.