Is The Three Musketeers an anti-Catholic book? At first blush, some might think so. Its most famous villain is a man of the Church, Cardinal Richelieu; Alexandre Dumas, the book's author, had a rather irregular private life; and the idea of cavaliers having mistresses is taken for granted. But for a Catholic to deny himself The Three Musketeers would be an enormous mistake, for it is one of the greatest adventure yarns ever written, one that hasn't dated a bit. That's almost recommendation enough, for Catholics should remember their heritage. Catholics are not Puritan bluenoses, inherently suspicious of art or … Continue reading Hoppean Heroes