Top Ten Posts 2025

(Top, L-R) Remembering Marie Antoinette; canonization of Bartolo Longo; and the painting of Queen Maria Sofia di Wittelsbach. (Center) Private audience with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. (Bottom, L-R) Canonical Coronation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Hammonton, New Jersey; remembering Servant of God King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies; and Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George Pilgrimage at Saint John Lateran, Rome.

01 A Brief Overview of “Un caso concreto: il Carlismo nel Regno di Napoli” by Gianandrea de Antonellis
02 The Geography of the Soul: Identity and Fidelity
03 Restoring Meaning: An Introduction to “Reazionario o conservatore?” by Gianandrea de Antonellis
04 Monarchist by Conviction, Anarch by Necessity
05 Fragments from the Past and the Lessons They Hold
06 Virgil the Sorcerer: Poet of Empire, Magus of Naples
07 Fra’ Diavolo and the Defense of Cultural Memory: Correcting the Myths of Masaniello and Beyond
08 Southern Italy as a Civilizational Bastion: On Massimo Pacilio’s Interview with Edizioni di Ar
09 The Toll of the Corbies (A Halloween Tale)
10 Juan Vázquez de Mella & the Living Spirit of Tradition

Honorable Mention:

01 Margot

02 Review of Gianandrea de Antonellis’s essay on Rafael Gambra’s Quello che chiamano Stato

03 America at the Crossroads

04 Review of Gianandrea de Antonellis’ “Un’Italia Senza gli Italiani?”

05 The Neanderthal in 23andMe

06 Anarco-Tyranny: When the Mob Looks Better Than the State

07 A Bittersweet Portrait

08 "The Family: Burden or Bulwark?" On the Right’s Abdication of Cultural Power

09 Introducing "Il seminarista rosso: L'infiltrazione marxista nella Chiesa" by Gianandrea de Antonellis

10 Review: “Bourbon and Anti-Spanish?”

History and Heritage

01 A Brief Overview of “La ‘Vandea’ d’Italia” by Salvatore C. Ruta

02 The Neapolitan Republic

03 "Astracum ad sole": The Description of Some Houses from the Neapolitan and Phlegraean Areas, from Medieval Documents (10th-14th c.)—Part 1

04 The Jacobin Invasion (Part 1)

05 "Astracum ad sole": The Description of Some Houses from the Neapolitan and Phlegraean Areas, from Medieval Documents (10th-14th c.)—Part 2

06 Calabrian Verses for the Occurrences of 1898 in Milan

07 The Jacobin Invasion (Part 2)

08 The Jacobin Invasion (Part 3)

09 The Jacobin Invasion (Part 4)

10 Saint Luke: First Painter of the Faith

Movie and Streaming Reviews

01 Review: The Leopard on Netflix

02 Movie Review: Nosferatu (2024)

03 Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein: A Requiem for the Dead, the Damned, and the Neapolitan Dawn of a Monster

04 Movie Review: Red Sonja (2025)

05 Review: Babylon Berlin on MHz Choice TV

06 Review — M. Il figlio del secolo

07 Why the Witcher Left Me Cold and Elric of Melniboné Still Burns Like Witchfire

08 In Praise of Méliès' Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon)

09 Review — The Lions of Sicily on Hulu

10 A Disappointment in Sherwood: A Review of the 2025 Robin Hood

Obituaries

Please keep the individuals mentioned in this list of obituaries in your prayers, entrusting their souls to God’s mercy

01 In Loving Memory of Anna Louise Mavrianos

02 In Loving Memory of Rita, Devoted Daughter of San Rocco

03 In Loving Memory of My Aunt and Uncle

04 In Memoriam Uff. Nob. Nicola D'Elia

05 Farewell to Maestro Roberto De Simone

06 Correction—A Prayer for Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Top Ten Posts 2024

(Top, L-R) Remembering Marie Antoinette; Shrine to Beata Maria Cristina di Savoia; and remembering Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. (Center) Sanfedisti celebrating the Tavola di San Giuseppe. (Bottom, L-R) Gifted a painting of Carlo di Borbone; Tavola di San Giuseppe; and celebrating the feast of San Nicola

01 A New Year’s Day Reflection on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
02 Apoliteia
03 The Return of the King
04 Celebrating Our Fifteenth Anniversary
05 The Optimistic Pessimist
06 Wednesday’s Child
07 Random Thoughts as the Wolf Moon Approaches
08 Some Thoughts on Cabrini
09 Against Self-Expression
10 Review: Briganti

Honorable Mention:

11 My Book Dilemma and Other First World Problems
12 Review — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
13 Repatriating to the Patria and Resisting the Amerloque Warlocks
14 The Pugliese Poetry of Francesco Antonio D’Amelio
15 Babylon's Burning
16 Unearthing Familial Ephemera and Other Sentimental Treasures
17 Sanfedisti
18 The Fall of the Rebel Angels
19 From NEUE to Old
20 Brief Responses to Recent “Outrages”
21 My Latest Flame
22 Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
23 One-Year Anniversary Since My Heart Attack
24 The Death of Carnevale and Orion the Hunter
25 Impromptu Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
26 Movie Review: Vaincre ou Mourir
27 Thoughts on 'Vaincre ou Mourir'
28 Go Cats Go!
29 Days of the Blackbird and the Coming of Persephone
30 In the Ruins of Christendom, We Shall Live

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Top Ten Posts 2023

01 The Silent Night of the Cucibocca
02 Remembering The Ides of March
03 J.M.W. Turner and Naples: The Picturesque, Mythical and Mystical
04 Resisting the Madness
05 Memento Mori
06 Adelina Patti and Two Sicilies and European Opera in New York and Beyond (Part 1)
07 On the Mend and Never Feeling More Alive
08 Taking Our Side
09 The Truth is Out There
10 Roma Amor

Honorable Mention:

11 Fourteen Years and Counting

12 Adelina Patti and Two Sicilies and European Opera in New York and Beyond (Part 2)

13 Among the Ruins and the Forest Passage

14 Adelina Patti and Two Sicilies and European Opera in New York and Beyond (Part 3)

15 Objects of Devotion: Venerating Our Patrons at the Museum

16 Medieval Times at the Met

17 Fragments of a Lost Metropolis

18 “Doing Diaspora” Well

19 Arbëresh Tradition and the Poetry of Mario Bellizzi

20 Random Thoughts as the End of Autumn Approaches

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Top Ten Posts 2022

(Top L-R) Votive High Mass for Emperor Karl in Brooklyn; 134th Annual Feast of San Rocco in NYC; and the Death of Carnevale in Brooklyn. (Center) King Louis XVI memorial dinner in Brooklyn. (Bottom L-R) New portrait of SG Francis II of the Two Sicilies and statue of Blessed Karl of Austria; Celebrating Napoli's glorious 2022 campaign in NYC; and zampognaro David Marker in NYC. 

01 Lucky Thirteen
02 The Francone Princes of Ripabottoni in the Contado di Molise
03 Neapolitan Tradition and “Neapolitanism” According to Francisco Elias de Tejada
04 A Tale of Two Insults
05 Reflections on “Italian American” Identity
06 Praying We Avoid WWIII
07 Sergeant Romano of the Two Sicilies Army
08 The Bronze Doors of the Maschio Angioino
09 The Teachers of the 1st and 2nd Educandato di Napoli 1862
10 Ripabottoni, Molise Honors Native Son Constantinian Knight Grand Cross Cav. Dr. Pietro Ramaglia

Honorable Mention:
11 Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
12 Amazon’s The Rings of Power is an Abomination
13 Nihil Sub Sole Novum
14 Napule (Naples) Lost One of its Better Sons: Dr. Raffaele Bracale

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Top Ten Posts of 2021

(Top L-R) Fucarazzo di Sant'Antuono in Brooklyn, New York; Charles Coulombe book tour in Annandale, New Jersey; and Eucharistic procession at the Shrine Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan. (Center) Two Sicilies Pipe Club 'founders' night dinner and pipes in Brooklyn, New York. (Bottom L-R) Fr. Connolly with portrait of Emperor Karl of Austria at Most Holy Redeemer Church in Manhattan; Catholic & Monarchist fellowship in Bronxville, New York; and new reliquary for first-class relic of San Rocco di Montpellier in Brooklyn, New York

01 Throwing Down the Gauntlet
02 Forgotten Master/ The Traditional and Federative Monarchy of Francisco Elias de Tejada
03 Live Dangerously
04 Charles Coulombe Returns to Bronxville, New York
05 Charles Coulombe’s East Coast Book Tour Rolls into the Garden State
06 Solemn Vespers and Lecture on Blessed Emperor Karl of Austria in New York City
07 Happy Twelfth Anniversary
08 Pilgrimage to The Holy Mountain
09 Our Philatelic Pursuits
10 Commemorating la Giornata dell Memoria per il Popolo Duosiciliano

Honorable Mention:

11 A Look at the Sons of the Two Sicilies Smoking Pipe Club Inaugural “Founders’ Night Dinner and Pipes”
12 The Legacy of the Franco-Neapolitan Cottrau Family and Neapolitan Song
13 A Look at the Thirteenth Annual Battle of Bitonto Commemoration in New York City

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Top Ten Posts of 2020

(Top, L-R) Celebrating the 94th Annual Feast of San Gennaro; Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with HRH Princes Beatrice di Borbone; and Celebrating the Feast of Padre Pio and Michaelmas Embertide; (Center) 2020 March for Life; (Bottom, L-R) Celebrating the Feasts of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, San Giocchino and San Rocco; Celebrating the External Solemnity of the Feast of the Madonna del Rosario; and Celebrating the Feast of St. Anne

01 Addressing Procrustes
02 Review: Babylon Berlin on Netflix
03 Marching for Life in Washington D.C.
04 Review: Ultras on Netflix
05 A Catholic Quest for the Holy Grail with Author Charles A. Coulombe
06 Reflections on NYC's Mother Cabrini Monument
07 Church Furthers Cause of the Martyrs of Casamari
08 Celebrating the Feasts of the Bl. Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara & Bl. María Mercè of the Sacred Heart
09 Celebrating the Feast of the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne in Brooklyn, New York
10 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in NYC with HRH Princes Beatrice di Borbone delle Due Sicilie

(Top, L-R) Celebrating the Feasts of Sant'Andrea Avellino, San Trifone, San Respicio and Santa Ninfa; Celebrating Charles Coulombe's 60th Birthday; Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Victory, and Celebrating Michaelmas

Honorable mention:

11 Paying Our Respects to the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Ambrosio at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Newark, New Jersey

12 Celebrating the External Solemnity of the Feast of the Madonna del Rosario di Pompei in Brooklyn, New York

13 Looking After My Ancestors with the Holy Innocents’ Purgatorial Society

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Top Ten Posts of 2019

(Top, L-R) First Friday and the first official meeting of the Fratelli della Santa
Fede; Bidding Farewell to the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima;
and Mother Cabrini and the She Built New York monument debacle.
(Bottom, L-R) The restoration of the Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii at St. Bernadette Church; Sanfedisti celebrating; and venerating St. Boniface 

Top Ten Posts
01 Some Thoughts on the She Built NYC Monument Debacle
02 Binging on Fiction: A Welcome's Blast From My Geeky Past
03 The Long Awaited Return of the Tridentine Mass to St. Finbar Church in Bath Beach, Brooklyn
04 St. Boniface and the Counter-Revolution
05 Celebrating the Feast of Sant’Uberto di Liegi
06 The Once and Future Kingdom
07 Celebrating All Souls Day With My Ancestors
08 The First Decade
09 Briganti Field Trip: Maker of Middle-Earth Exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum
10 A Most Regrettable Sunday

Honorable mention:
11 Celebrating High Mass, Blessed Charles de Foucauld, and Devotions in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima in NYC
12 Bidding Farewell to the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima at Holy Innocents Church in NYC
13 Brief Musings

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Top 10 Posts of 2018

Clockwise: Falò di Sant'Antuono, or St. Anthony’s Bonfire, in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn; The Royal Family knights San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York; celebrating the 129th Annual Feast of San Rocco in Little Italy, New York; Neapolitan Soiree at ACQUA Restaurant in the South Street Seaport, New York

Top Ten Posts
01 A Royal Visit to Little Italy (Part 1)
02 A Royal Visit to Little Italy (Part 2)
03 A Look at “The Pope’s Legion: The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican” by Charles A. Coulombe
04 Preserving the Light in a Dark Age
05 Five Days of Faith, Friendship, Food and Fashion
06 Freedom for The Two Sicilies: An Open Letter to Our Overseas Duosiciliani Compatriots
07 Il Regno Turns Nine
08 Napoli's Francesco II vs. Atalanta's Lombroso
09 A Week in Review
10 This Day in History: The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Honorable mention:
11 Comitati delle Due Sicilie USA Mark Day of Remembrance for the Fallen of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
12 Message of Solidarity to Movimento Neoborbonico Luminaries
13 One Day Suddenly

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Top 10 Posts of 2017

Aside from surpassing one million views on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, highlights from 2017 include: (Top row) Celebrating the 2nd Annual Feast of San Michele Arcangelo; celebrating Nicole and John Viola's Wedding; venerating the relic of the True Cross during the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; (bottom row) carrying San Gennaro on his Feast Day in Little Italy; seeing John T. La Barbera and Nando Citarella perform together in Little Italy; and celebrating the 128th Annual Feast of San Rocco

Top Ten Posts:
01 Commemorating the Battle of Bitonto in NYC
02 A Review of Matteo Garrone’s “Tale of Tales,” based on the book by Giambattista Basile
03 Arba Sicula Presents an Evening of Sicilian Music, Poetry and Dance at St. John’s University
04 Chef Giuseppe Marrone Takes the Helm at ACQUA Restaurant and Wine Bar at Peck Slip, NYC
05 Celebrating Pasquetta at the Our Lady of the Snow Sagra della Pizza Chiena (Pizza Rustica Festival)
06 Days of Remembrance in Gaeta, City of Memory
07 Auxiliary Malta Walks in NYC, July 2017
08 Il Regno’s 2017 Weekend Getaway
09 Acqua Restaurant and Wine Bar Fall Party
10 Celebrating Italian Heritage Month with the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Honorable mention:
11 Risorgimento Lecture and Plaque Unveiling at the Italian American Museum
12 The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George Investiture Mass in Washington DC
13 A Look at the National Italian American Foundation’s 42nd Anniversary Expo and Gala

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Top 10 Posts of 2016

A few highlights from 2016

A look back at some of our favorite moments of 2016: (Top row) Celebrating the 127th Annual Feast of San Rocco di Potenza in NYC; impromptu protest in Washington Square Park in NYC; being invested with the Brown Scapula at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem; and celebrating Michaelmas at Most Precious Blood Church in NYC. (Bottom row) Investiture into the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George; and attending The Black Cats NYC CD release party at Sidewalk Cafe in NYC.

Top Ten Posts:

01 Investiture and Mass in the Presence of the Royal Family of the Two Sicilies at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
02 For Altar and Throne: Investiture into the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
03 The Warrior Prelate: Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo
04 Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George Participate in the 90th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in NYC's Historic Little Italy
05 Remembering the Battle of Bitonto: Neobriganti Gather in Brooklyn, New York for the Eighth Annual Battle of Bitonto Commemoration
06 Keeping a Vow: Celebrating the Feast of St. Michael at Most Precious Blood Church in Little Italy
07 Hanging With Patrizio Buanne in New York City's Historic Little Italy
08 Viva ‘o Rre! His Royal Majesty King Francis I of the Two Sicilies
09 Sunday of the Scarves: The War Against Neapolitan Identity Continues
10 A Brief Sketch: Donatus Buongiorno

Honorable mention:
11  Celebrating the Mass of the Flags in Polignano a Mare, Apulia
12  Most Precious Blood Church: An Appreciation
13  The Black Cats NYC Set Sidewalk Ablaze With CD Release Party

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Our Top Ten Posts of 2015

A look back at some of our favorite moments of 2015: The translation of San Rocco & San Vincenzo; Southern Italian Halloween costume ideas; Festa di San Rocco in Astoria, Queens; and the Feast of Saints Cosma and Damiano in NYC

01 Honoring Francesco II di Borbone in New York City
02 Celebrating Faith, Family and Culture: An Interview With Domenic Varuzza
03 Eboli — A Hidden Gem in Southern Italy
04 Hellenic Dawn: The Coming of the Greeks to Southern Italy
05 A Brief Sketch: Onorio Ruotolo
06 The Farchie Festival of Fara Filiorum Petri, A Light Against the Darkness
07 The Ides of August, Diana and the Nemoralia
08 Celebrating the Feast of Saint George with the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of Saint George
09 This Day in History: Alfonso V of Aragon Conquers Naples
10 The Bicentennial of the Death of Gioacchino Murat

Close, but no cigar:

The Light of Southern Italy and Drawn to the Light deserve honorable mention. Perhaps if these posts had as much “air-time” as some of the others they may have made our Top Ten list.  

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Our Top Ten Post of 2014

A look back at some of our favorite moments of 2014: (L-R) Southern Italian Halloween costume ideas; The Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Little Italy, NYC; The Feast of Santa Fortunata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; Opening Night at Forno Rosso Pizzeria in Downtown Brooklyn; and the unveiling of commemorative markers at Petrosino Square in NYC.

01 The Samnites
02 The Greek Anthesteria in Southern Italy
03 Naples is the Stepchild of Italy
04 Sanguinaccio: From Mexico, Naples to Brooklyn
05 A Review of “The Lady of the Wheel”
06 An Interview with Stephen LaRocca, President of the Saint Rocco Society of Potenza in NYC
07 Una voce per l'eta!
08 Echoes of Gemini: Castor and Pollux from Prospect Park to the Samnites
09 A Look Inside the Santa Febronia Chapel, Hoboken, New Jersey
10 Colonel Henry A. Mucci: A Warrior’s Tale

(Top L-R) La Conca di San Rocco in Astoria, Queens; the Columbus Day Giglio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; the Feast of Santa Marina in Inwood, Long Island. (Bottom L-R) the Feast of San Rocco in NYC; and the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino di Nola in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Close, but no cigar:

A Look at the 3rd Annual Columbus Day Giglio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Downtown Brooklyn’s Newest Hotspot deserve honorable mention. Perhaps if these posts had as much “air-time” as some of the others they may have made our Top Ten list.

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Our Top Ten Post of 2013

A look back at some of our favorite moments of 2013: (L-R) Learning Sicilian with Professor Gaetano Cipolla at the IAM; The Feast of San Rocco with the Societá Gioventú Quagliettana; Concert dedicated to the brigands of Southern Italy with Michela Musolino and John T. LaBarbera; Dressing up as the Munaciello for Halloween; and The Feast of San Rocco with the San Rocco Society of Potenza

01 Italics, Italics, Everywhere! (Part 1) The Ancient Peoples of Sicily

02 Arthur Avenue Walking and Tasting Tour With Renée Restivo 

03 Arturo DiModica and His Charging Bull 

04 The Lion of Wall Street: Ferdinand Pecora and the Crash of 1929

05 New Discoveries at the Met 

06 An Interview With Santi Buscemi

07 The Roman Lemuria, and the Ungrateful Dead 

08 Learning Sicilian at the Italian American Museum

09 Mare Nostrum: The Arrival of Our Mediterranean Ancestors

10 Pizza and Paulaner: Celebrating the Feast of San Francesco di Paola

(L-R, Top) Dancing the tarantella at the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn; A memorable night in Little Italy with Ernie Rossi and Simona De Rosa; Fiaccolata di San Rocco in Astoria, Queens; Lifting the children's giglio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Bottom) Watching the ladies lift the giglio in East Harlem and The Feast of the Madonna Addolorata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Close, but no cigar:

Concert Dedicated to the Brigands of Southern Italy and "Cucina Della Nonna" in Williamsburg, Brooklyn deserve honorable mentions. Perhaps if these posts had as much "air-time" as some of the others they may have made our Top Ten list.

Still making the rounds:

01 A Look at the Fourth Annual Procession of Maria S.S. Addolorata in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn * 

02 The Murder of Sicilians in New Orleans

03 Thy Neighbor's Keeper

* For some reason this post went "viral" and got almost 30 thousand page views in one day

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