The thorn in the heart

A Catholic imagination

Harvey Keitel in church in Martin Scorsese’s film Mean Streets. The director spoke of the role his Catholic faith has played in his career.
photo: alamy/ Everett Collection

Exuberance, a ‘spilling over’, transgression and disquiet, and rich fusions of different traditions have always been part of the Catholic imagination.

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