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The Catholics Reviving Renaissance-Style Arts Patronage

Maggie Gallagher

A cohort of American Catholic patrons of the arts sense the time is ripe for another Renaissance. “We need to create a culture of patronage,” Frank Hanna, the Atlanta...

The Church Needs Beauty

Maggie Gallagher

Last week, Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for traditional classical music, knocking John Williams down to No. 2. This is remarkable...

Culture is Downstream of Politics

Maggie Gallagher

Walk into any room full of Christian conservative donors, and someone will say, “Politics is downstream of culture.” Every head in the room will nod. Nothing is more entrenched...