ACCOUNT OF THE LITERARY, CULTURAL, AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY OF CATHOLICS IN ITALY, THE. - An annual review of such activities, begun in 1930 by M. Luzzi, R. Perondi, and E. Lucatello (in Florence until 1933, then in Milan).
In the climate of the revival of literary activity marked by openly Catholic sentiment and expression, which arose after 1923 around G. Papini and later grouped especially around the Carroccio of Bologna, the Festa of Milan, the Frontespizio of Florence, Tradizione of Palermo, the Rinascimento letterario of Genoa, the Arte cattolica of Turin, etc., the R., taking stock year by year, helped to guide and coordinate the various local groups. This orientation also included the «conventions of Catholic writers» held in those years at Bologna, Florence, Milan, Naples, and Rome. Publication was interrupted because of the war after 1942; the R. resumed it in 1952. Since 1935, a monthly Catholic bibliographical review bearing the same title has been published in Milan.