146 Understanding the Mysterious Power of Beauty

Matthew Leonard is joined by author and professor John Mark Miravalle to discuss what beauty is - and why it matters. 🔵 Join Matthew on a Marian Shrines PILGRIMAGE to Fatima, Lourdes, and more in 2026: https://bit.ly/3KOesb3 🟡 Start your spiritual transformation right now for FREE with the Science of Sainthood: https://bit.ly/3Rtps1r 🟠 SUPPORT this podcast and Matthew's work to spread the Catholic faith: https://bit.ly/3VmgZOO Given the joyful peal of St. Peter's bells still echoing around the world marking the election of our new Holy Father, it's the perfect time to talk about beauty. After all, beauty is at the heart of everything Catholic. God is beautiful. Our Lady is beautiful.  Our Church is beautiful. I could go on... But what is beauty? How can we define it? Do you know it when you see it? Is it even necessary for something to be beautiful if it is Catholic? Where does beauty fit into the everyday? These are important questions deserving great answers...and we've got them in this episode of the Art of Catholic podcast. Join Matthew and John Mark Miravalle, Professor at Mount St. Mary's Seminary and author of Beauty: What It Is and Why It Matters, as they discuss: Why beauty is essential to truth The crucial role of surprise in beauty The difference between beauty and manipulation Why beauty must be "felt" The moral DUTY of beauty for Christians Why "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is wrong And much more!