Popcorn with the Pope

David Paul Baird

David Paul Baird is an award-winning film critic and Visiting Professor of Theology at Catholic Pacific College. His PhD, in Divinity, examined the theology of postapocalyptic narratives in both literature and film. He also has degrees in English, philosophy, and theology from Wheaton College, the University of Oxford, and the University of St. Andrews’ Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts.

Andrew Petiprin

Andrew Petiprin was a British Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, and also has degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Yale University. He is the author of the book Truth Matters: Knowing God and Yourself, and is the creator of the YouTube series Watch With Me: Commentaries on Faith, Culture, and Film. He has published articles and reviews at the Catholic Herald, The American Conservative, The Lamp, Catholic World Report, The European Conservative, and National Catholic Register. He lives in North Texas with his family.

Fr. Michael Ward

Michael Ward, a Catholic priest, is an associate member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. An expert on the writings of C.S. Lewis, he has also reviewed films and plays for the Catholic Herald, Oxford’s Daily Information, and BBC Radio. He has been an extra in numerous movies (including Shadowlands, Hamlet, and Entrapment), had a featured cameo in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, and played the part of the parish priest in the C.S. Lewis biopic The Most Reluctant Convert.

When will my order ship?

• When items are in-stock, orders placed before 8am CT should ship out that same business day from our Illinois warehouse. 

• Depending on your shipping address and the shipping method you select at checkout, in-stock items should arrive between 7-10 business days.

• If your order contains a preordered/backordered item, no items in your order will ship until the preordered item becomes available (i.e. your order will ship all at once.)

 

Do you ship internationally?

• We offer two international shipping methods, Passport and DHL. Passport has all taxes and duties included in the shipping cost. DHL is delivered duties unpaid, and you may be responsible for taxes and duties when your package is delivered. 

• International orders are subject to unpredictable delays by customs, and are subject to security mandates, duties, and other fees upon receipt.  

• Please allow international orders a significant amount of flexibility in timeframe to receipt. 

• We do accept international returns, but we are unable to generate return labels for international shipments. 

 

Can I make changes or corrections to my order?

• Please contact us as soon as possible—ideally within 2 hours of placing your order—at 866-928-1237 or sales@wordonfire.org with your order correction details. We’ll work quickly to see if any edits to your order are still possible.

• Once an order has shipped, we are unable to cancel it.

Return Policy

For non-damaged, standard returns:

Our products may be returned if they were purchased within the last 90 days, are unused, and are still in their original packaging. Original shipping costs are already collected by the shipper, and therefore the original shipping costs are not refundable.

We will provide a pre-paid return label to you. The maximum shipping cost covered will be $20. If the return shipping costs in excess of $20 to ship it to us, that will be deducted from the refund amount. (Meaning, if one orders 30 bibles and changes their mind after receiving them, it would not be good stewarding of our donor-provided funds for the ministry to cover that return shipment.)

Exceptions and limitations:

• Bulk books (evangelization pricing): Books sold in pre-boxed quantities are evangelistic in nature and priced as low as possible, and we cover the original shipping cost. For that reason, we are unable to cover return shipping costs for bulk books. If you choose to return a bulk book, return shipping will be the customer’s responsibility in that case.

• Seasonal titles (including Advent and Lenten Gospel Reflections): Seasonal titles are final sale and are not eligible for returns or refunds.

For damaged items: 

For damages to the item that are significant in nature, such as missing pages, large gashes in the cover, major creases in the cover, or dents, etc, please email us at sales@wordonfire.org for a no-cost replacement. For minor damages, like a nick or otherwise tiny blemish, or a slightly bent inward corner, or a slightly flaked embossing, these returns may be accepted but the return shipping will not be covered in order to be good stewards of the donor provided funds that make our non-profit ministry possible. For items that are shipped in protective packaging, such as the Leather Bible, note that the outer box is meant to absorb damage in shipping, and the box should not be considered the product itself, and the box is not replaceable.

 

How can I set up my return? 

Please email us to set up your return at sales@wordonfire.org. 

Your order record will be retrieved by the system based on the email address you used to make the purchase. For this reason, please have the email address or the order number (example: Q######) handy when beginning the return process. We are able to accept international returns, but we are unable to generate return shipping labels from countries outside the United States.