The Gospel of Architecture
by Patrick TomassiOur contemporary malaise cannot be understood without considering the physical spaces in which we work, study, live, and die. Continue Reading »
Why Are Universities So Ugly?
by Niall GoochGrandeur and beauty in interior decoration helps to give a sense of institutional authority and self-confidence in the face of demands from activist students intoxicated by What’s Happening Right Now. Continue Reading »
Why Vatican II Was Necessary
by George WeigelSome today think Vatican II was a big mistake, though examination reveals the opposite. Continue Reading »
The Church Needs Beauty
by Maggie GallagherFrank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas is breaking records in the music world, which jointly manifests the importance of beautiful liturgies. Continue Reading »
Why We Hunger for Beauty
by Francis X. MaierBeauty is an affirmation of our shared human dignity. It reminds us of life’s goodness in an age of transgressive narcissism and repudiation of the past. Continue Reading »
Why the Novus Ordo Needs Gregorian Chant
by John T. KnowlesWhile the liturgy wars rage, the litigants do little about a glaring problem: People are leaving our communities of worship. Continue Reading »
Ugly Chickens in Heaven?
by Hans BoersmaThe Christian artist does well to remember that resolutions in art anticipate the resolution of history. Continue Reading »
No Unity Without the Cross
by Salvatore J. CordileoneOur Lady of Guadalupe unites the Old World and the New, and so a new Christian people is formed from the two—a mestizo people. Continue Reading »
The Poets' Favorite Season
by Dan HitchensIf autumn is the poets’ favorite season, it is because autumn catches us in between, regretting and hoping, seeing the seed fall and imagining its growth. Continue Reading »
The Church's Future Beauty
by Ian Marcus CorbinSpiritual and moral leadership from the American Catholic Church in the foreseeable future will need to be of a radical kind. Continue Reading »
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