One of the joys of co-hosting the FORMED Book Club with Father Fessio and Vivian Dudro is the opportunity it presents to read and discuss some of the newest books published by Ignatius Press. We […]
One of the healthiest manifestations of a healthy culture is the existence of book clubs. The gathering of kindred spirits, preferably round the hearth or at least in the flesh, to discuss worthy tomes, both […]
St. Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered on February 21, 1595. To commemorate the anniversary and to celebrate the legacy of this great Catholic saint and poet, Joseph Pearce was […]
It is of course right and proper to keep Christ in Christmas, but can it be right and proper to introduce the saints into Thanksgiving? Isn’t Thanksgiving a secular holiday, as oxymoronic as that might […]
In this interview with Jan Franczak for the Polish Journal, PCh24, biographer and literary critic Joseph Pearce discusses the importance of the convert writer, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), as well as other great literary converts. […]
At its core, J.R.R. Tolkien’s story is nothing like its fantasy clones, because its roots go much deeper, they drink from eternal truths, without offering […]
All who reverence the Bible, but especially Christians, ought to have a deep appreciation for words and for those who take words and give them […]
“In reading The Chronicles of Narnia,” says the prolific biographer and critic, “we find ourselves in the presence of great and necessary truths.” […]
For the past two decades, since the publication of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce has established himself as a leading biographer of Christian novelists, poets, authors, and intellectuals. He has written […]
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