December 31, 2025

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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