In 2004, the St. Joseph's University men's basketball team made a long run in the N.C.A.A. tournament, falling just short of the Final Four. This excerpt from Aaron Bracy’s 'A Soaring Season' tells part of that thrilling story.

Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.

Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.

Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the film.

Giacomo Puccini, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” has been called the world’s most popular songwriter, and with good reason.

There have always been false prophets, but now we have something else: artificial ones.