To have even a slight understanding of Mary's prayer we must try to penetrate the sanctuary of her intimate union with God. 

Classical music speaks to us, even if much of it is wordless.

A creative writing course at a British university has withdrawn graduation requirement that students should attempt a sonnet.

Who was Gerard Manley Hopkins and why should we read him?

"The Betrothed" (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni, could be acclaimed as the greatest ever novel.

Evelyn Waugh, Catholic convert and the most interesting English novelist of the twentieth century, could be rebarbative.

This essay is excerpted and adapted from comments delivered on April 29 at the Scala Foundation's conference "Art, the Sacred, and the Common Good."

In small things, if one pays close enough attention to them, can often be seen wider trends.

"You needn't be so stubborn, sir," says the officer. "We're not asking you to adore Decius. 

The destruction of England’s monasteries was carried out in two phases.