John Gerard, S.J.: The Adventures of an Elizabethan Priest - Crisis Magazine

John Gerard, S.J.: The Adventures of an Elizabethan Priest - Crisis Magazine: In London, at a public place called Guildhall, Catholic prisoners were being examined. The chief interrogator, proceeding methodically, asked one of the prisoners if he recognized that Elizabeth was the Queen of England, even though she had been excommunicated by the pope. The prisoner, carefully weighing his words, admitted that Elizabeth was the Queen, and, …