In the current pontificate, power is exercised in a manner reminiscent of a banana republic.

To rebel against modernity may involve the overthrow of the modern in the interest of reviving something older.

Europe does not share the American ‘faith and flag’ correlation between religion and politics.

“It is Holy Night and there will be no shooting.” The soldiers agreed.

Cultural conservatism—especially the traditional view on familial piety—is a condition of the Gospel’s intelligibility.

It is frustrating, maddening even, for anyone who loves Vivaldi’s music that basic data on his development as a composer and musician is lacking to this day.

Iceland’s Christmas folklore includes the Ogress Grýla, the thirteen Yule Lads, and a giant cat.

The Norwegian tale of a young man who fell asleep on Christmas Eve and woke on Epiphany to recount the miraculous sights he had seen.

This oratorio, a familiar part of both the Christmas and Easter seasons, has a fascinating history.

Now is the perfect time to approach Dickens’ classic, with its perennial themes of repentance and generosity. 

Fairy parties and flying reindeer are not things out of which eventually we must grow; they belong to the realm inhabited only by those who are mature enough to understand the world for what it is.

Faust’s salvation, as with humanity’s, comes only in time.