October 13, 2026

The Less Pleasant Side of Italy

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Parma railway station Previous: Reflections Upon Returning from Italy Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way first. JFK and Rome’s Fiumicino...

First Pontifical High Mass of a Nine Month Novena of Masses in Massachusetts

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October 12, 2026

Meme Dump AG4IN

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In this fourth installment of our Columbus Day meme dump, we explore the lighter side of meming. Happy Columbus Day! A lso see:   Meme Dump ...

Solemn Pontifical First Vespers at the Faldstool at St. Paul's Oratory in Warren, Massachusetts

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October 11, 2026

Reflections Upon Returning from Italy

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Ponte di Mezzo and the dry bed of the Torrente Parma Previous: Reading Rilke in Italy My recent trip to Parma was brief but edifying. Busine...

Photo of the Week: Statue of Calliope, Vatican Museum

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo

X Convegno Tradizionalista di Napoli Capitale — Nella Tradizione il Futuro del Sud

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October 10, 2026

Brief Excerpt from Transformations of Eros by Vladimir Solovyev

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Terracotta lekythos in the form of Eros, 2nd half of the 4th century BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo by New York Scugnizzo) "When...

La reazione di Isernia nel 1860, un capitolo dimenticato della storia del Sud

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October 9, 2026

Remembering General Baron Charles Marie Athanase de Charette de La Contrie

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b. 3 September 1832 — d. 9 October 1911 In memory of General Baron Charles Marie Athanase de Charette de La Contrie, commander of the Papal ...

New Music — Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 3

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New music that may interest our readers. • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 3 performed by Angela Hewitt Label: Hyperion Release Date: Sept...

Feast of St. Gerard at St. John Vianney Church in Colonia, New Jersey

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October 8, 2026

Reading Rilke in Italy

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Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak Previous: A Brief Sojourn in Parma "He who opts for resistance will not receive world." ~ R...

New Music — Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

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New music that may interest our readers. • Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works  performed by Francesco Tasini Label: Tactus Records Release D...

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost at St. Michael's Church in Staten Island, New York

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October 7, 2026

Remembering the Victors of Lepanto

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Don Giovanni d’Austria , Marcantonio Colonna and Sebastiano Venier In memory of the Victors of Lepanto,  Don Giovanni d’Austria , Marcantoni...

A Talk on Truth at the Shrine Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City

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Pontifical Requiem Mass at St. Joseph's Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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October 6, 2026

Feast of San Renato di Sorrento

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San Renato di Sorrento, ora pro nobis October 6th is the feast of St. Renato of Sorrento, one of the co-patron saints of the city. Little is...

The Relics of St. Bernadette at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Brooklyn, New York

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October 5, 2026

A Brief Sojourn in Parma

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Carlo di Borbone, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, later King of Naples and Sicily and, eventually, King of Spain, 1732, oil on canvas, Giovanni ...

Photo of the Week: Statue of Calliope, Vatican Museum

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Rievocazione storica della fucilazione di Gioacchino Murat

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October 4, 2026

The Flight of Eros

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Terracotta lekythos in the form of  Eros, 2nd half of the 4th century BC Among the antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a small ...

New Book: Sicily in the Flavian Literary Imagination

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A new title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • Sicily in the Flavian Literary Imagination by Antony Augousta...