In August 2024, Pope Francis promulgated his Letter on the Role of Literature in Formation. He explains that he wrote the letter to promote “the value of reading novels and poems as part of one’s path to personal maturity.” Reading fiction, the Holy Father argues, “can help us weather the …

Dale Ahlquist is the greatest living expert on the life and literary legacy of G.K. Chesterton and both the longtime President of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and founder of the Chesterton Schools Network. Thus, it was perfectly appropriate for Word on Fire to select Ahlquist to guide readers …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jun 15, 2024 / 13:30 pm Every Father’s Day, we recognize and give thanks for the fathers in our lives. It’s a day to honor all men who love and sacrifice for others and to remember the love each of us receives from God the …

CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2020 / 05:22 am MT (CNA).- A group of Catholic board game enthusiasts has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to create a game based on the Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton. The game is called Father Brown Investigations: The Death of Sir Percy Coldwell. It …