SPHINX in scarlet, demon intriguer against a beloved queen, ruthless foil for D'Artagnan and his swashbucklers. The picture of Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) that Alexandre Dumas had such fun creating ...

Matthew Beard works for the University of Notre Dame, Australia, a Catholic University. This morning, Australian Catholics awoke to the news that black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine ...