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The turmoil within the literary society, which is now a Catholic lay apostolate dedicated to Chesterton's cause for canonization, is a microcosm of how the U.S. church is being buffeted by strong ideological headwinds.

<p style="margin-bottom:11px">Last month a Twitter account called @GKCdaily, which regularly posts quotations from English writer G. K. Chesterton, <a href="https://twitter.com/GKCdaily/status/1580066658911391745">tweeted <… quote from the writer's 1916 essay "Two Cranks and a Cosmopolitan." The quotation was: "It is not that Jews are traitors, but rather that traitors are Jews."</p>

Washington D.C., Jul 14, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton will hold its 40th annual conference later this month, with keynote speakers including the CEO of the Christian satirical website The Babylon Bee. The conference is scheduled to take place from July 29-31 in Chicago. Keynote speakers include Seth Dillon, CEO of the satirical website The Babylon Bee. Dale Ahlquist, president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, told CNA in an interview that the website...

U.S. scholar Dale Ahlquist, president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, stands outside St. Peters Square at the Vatican March 22, 2019. Ahlquists latest book, "Knight of the Holy Ghost," highlights the life and works of English writer and philosopher G.K. Chesterton. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves) This is the cover of "Knight of the Holy Ghost," by Dale Ahlquist. The book highlights the life and works of English writer and phi...