February 8, 2026

Ponderable Quote from The Making of Italy by Patrick Keyes O’Clery

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This passage, drawn from the reflections of Félix Dupanloup, preserved in The Making of Italy (1882) by Patrick Keyes O’Clery, records a fi...

Quinquagesima Sunday at St. Michael's Church in Staten Island, New York

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February 7, 2026

The King in the Mountain and the Patience of Authority

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The Lamentation of King Arthur  or King Arthur Carried to the Land on Enchantment by William Bell Scott (1811-1890) Previous: The Seven Sle...
February 6, 2026

The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and the Discipline of Waiting

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Seven papier-mâché sculptures depicting the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus inside the Cappella Pisacane in Angri, Salerno. Photo courtesy of Visi...

Feast of Our Lady Lezajsk at the Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in Raritan, New Jersey

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February 5, 2026

Simple Pleasures — Celebrating the Feast of Sant'Agata with Delicious Cream-Filled Pastries

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What better way to celebrate the Feast of Sant’Agata than with traditional cream-filled pastries in her honor? Yes, your eyes do not deceive...

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes at Corpus Christi Church in South River, New Jersey

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February 4, 2026

Six Degrees of Separation from Naples

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The Tavola Strozzi , depicting a panoramic view of medieval Naples,  attributed to Francesco Rosselli (c. 1472-1473) My affection for Naples...

New Book — History of Sicily: When the Sea Stacked Civilizations Like Stones

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A new title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • History of Sicily: When the Sea Stacked Civilizations Like Sto...
February 3, 2026

Photo of the Week: Apollo Belvedere, Vatican Museum

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Traditional Latin Mass Every Sunday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hackensack, New Jersey

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February 2, 2026

Memories of Tomorrow: How Italian Graphic Novelists Are Rethinking Storytelling in the Digital Age

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Congratulations to Neapolitan authors Giuseppe Sant’Elia and Alessandro Verre on their graphic novel debut, Timeless Tale – Ricordi di doman...

Feast of Blessed Takayama Ukon at the Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in Raritan, New Jersey

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February 1, 2026

February, the Dark Threshold

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Madonna di Montevergine, ora pro nobis February arrives stripped of illusions. The year is no longer new, but it has not yet learned how to ...

Saints of the Day for February

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(L-R) Sant'Agata, Madonna di Lourdes, and Sant'Antonino di Sorrento February is traditionally the month the Church dedicates to the ...

Candlemas at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, New Jersey

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January 31, 2026

Snowed In, Finished at Last

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Archival photograph by the author Being snowed in for a few days in late January did something rare: it cleared the noise. With nowhere to g...

This Year's Private Shrine to Beata Maria Cristina di Savoia, Queen of the Kingdom of the Two-Sicilies

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Beata Maria Cristina, ora pro nobis O God, You adorned Blessed Maria Cristina with diligent and wise charity, so that by her witness, she wo...

Candlemas at St. Anthony of Padua Church in East Northport, New York

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January 30, 2026

Three Million, Somehow

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I’m told that reaching 3,000,000 visitors is a big deal. Friends insist on it. People who understand analytics assure me that I should pause...

A Quiet Toast to Faith, Empire, and Tradition: Celebrating the Feast of Beato Carlo Magno in NYC

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A vintage Pernod absinthe poster presiding over the meal After the traditional Latin Mass, we met a friend at a cozy Parisian-style bistro i...

Candlemas at the Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield, New Jersey

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January 29, 2026

Remembering S.A.R. Elisabetta delle Due Sicilie

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2 February 1933 – 29 January 2022 In memory of  S.A.R.  Elisabetta  delle Due Sicilie, Princess  of Württemberg , Dowager  Duchess of Calabr...

Days of the Blackbird and the Coming of Persephone

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Mythological Scene with the Rape of Persephone , early 1680s, oil on canvas, Luca Giordano, The National Gallery "Nature, as such, has ...

Festa Liturgica della Beata Maria Cristina di Savoia

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In Castellana Grotte (BA)