The Italian Church used to be preserved from secularisation, but this blessed time seems over.

Casablanca is not about passion, but about altruistic love, animated by the rare spirit of sacrifice.

Perhaps we do not need a new and very different St. Benedict. We need old-fashioned, traditional Benedictines, and we need them everywhere.

Lies must be refuted: if not relieved by truth-telling resentment shall one day bring everything down.

With the fall of monasticism, Christianity became largely an intellectual exercise.

The survival of the Christian West will require a revival of monasticism.

Even at its nadir, the French capital remains a beacon of liberty—and, paradoxically, a reason for hope in a Western renaissance.

Greek thinkers attempted to understand the world within the context of their own religious beliefs and traditions.

The American poet John Finlay died of a disease bred out of his own sins, but he prepared himself to see Truth face-to-face.

Catholic publishers should produce editions that can be treasured for generations.

Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! ... But rich in feeling and in an entirely

Undset is clear that the moral wounds we inflict on ourselves and others are at the root of our misery.