Od kada se, od 1903., pod vodstvom krčkog biskupa Antuna Mahnića razvijao Hrvatski katolički pokret, pratilo ga je bujanje katoličkog tiska, počevši od pokretanja časopisa Hrvatska straža za kršćansku prosvjetu 1903., prvog hrvatskog filozofijskog časopisa. Taj pokret zauzimao se za rekristijanizaciju Hrvatske, pa su konvertiti na katolicizam među europskom inteligencijom, kojih je od početka 19. stoljeća broj neprestano rastao, u hrvatskom katoličkom tisku nerijetko isticani kao znak i poruka duhovne renovacije katolicizma u Europi, ali i njegove prihvatljivosti za intelektualnu elitu, što je nerijetko bilo osporavano iz raznih krugova liberalne ili socijalističke, tj. komunističke inteligencije. Među njima bio je i niz intelektualaca s engleskoga govornog područja, među njima i Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Članci o njemu objavljivani su od 1921. do 1945., kada je silom komunističke represije obustavljeno izlaženje katoličkog tiska. Tekstovi se mogu podijeliti u dva korpusa: a) članci o Chestertonu (životopisi, interpretacije i prikazi djela) i b) prijevodi na hrvatski jezik (novele, eseji, izvadci iz knjiga). Vremenski, članci su najviše grupirani oko dvaju ključnih događaja: Chestertonova obraćenja i smrti. Since 1903, when the Croatian Catholic Movement was developing under the auspices of the Bishop of Krk, Antun Mahnić, it was accompanied by a proliferation of Catholic publications, the first of which was The Croatian Guard for a Christian Educational System (Hrvatska straža za kršćansku prosvjetu), issued in 1903, the first Croatian journal of philosophy. This movement promoted the rechristianization of Croatia, and so, converts to Catholicism among the European intelligentsia, whose numbers steadily rose since the beginning of the 19th century, were frequently highlighted in Croatian Catholic publications. Namely, they were to be a sign and message of the spiritual renewal of Catholicism in Europe. Moreover, Catholicism was found palatable to the intellectual elite which fact was often disputed within various circles of the liberal or socialist i.e. communist intelligentsia. Among the aforementioned converts were a number of English–speaking intellectuals, one of whom was Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Articles were published about him between 1921 and 1945 when, due to communist repressive measures, the issuing of Catholic publications was suspended. Texts can be divided into two corpuses: a) articles on Chesterton (biographies, interpretations, book reviews) and b) translations into the Croatian language (novellas, essays, excerpts from books). Chronologically, articles are grouped mostly around two key events, and these are Chesterton’s conversion and his death.