We had come to York for a day of sightseeing, unaware that our excursion was to become a pilgrimage. We decided to pay a brief visit to St. Wilfrid's Catholic Church, next door to the well-known York ...
On March 15, 1586, 28-year-old Margaret Clitherow, a convert to the Catholic Church during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, stood smiling before the hateful stares and uproar in the assizes court of ...