J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of the massively popular Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. Everyone knows that. He needs no introduction. [See also: The Fascinating History of the Ring in the LOTR, Explained] Though he died several decades ago, it can be fun to see...
Fr. James Martin, Editor-at-Large at America magazine, recently had a quick chat with a bearded Stephen Colbert about his Catholic faith. Here are a few things we learned: 1) What he’d like to ask Pope Francis “What do you do to get that smile on your face...
You’ve read his books, but have you ever seen or heard C.S. Lewis? He died only 52 years ago, well into the era of audio and video recordings, and yet there no known videos of Lewis, and a few audio recordings of him. According to the descriptions for...
In 2015, Pope Francis declared St. Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Church. First off, what is a “Doctor of the Church”? “Doctor of the Church” is a title the Church gives to holy men and women who particularly contributed to the Church’s learning in some way. Now,...
