After being approached by the local priest Cappeau was commissioned to write a poem in celebration of the church's new ... The meaning behind the words turns our hearts to the reason why we celebrate ...

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how ...

Two young men from Italy to be canonized this year still prove that holiness is not just for saints, according to a panel ...

Housing the world’s largest public collection of modern poetry, we are the National Poetry Library; free to join across the UK, and London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Founded by the Arts ...