December 6, 2025

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

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Spoiler Alert You don’t hate Hollywood enough. ~ Online meme I’m not sure why I went into the 2025 Robin Hood series genuinely hopeful, con...

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

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December 5, 2025

Simple Pleasures: Neapolitan Stocking Surprises from Little Italy

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I found a handful of wonderfully playful Neapolitan-themed stocking stuffers at the Italian American Emporium in Little Italy, including Pu...

Remembering Emperor Pedro II of Brazil

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2 December 1825 — 5 December 1891 In memory of Dom Pedro the Magnanimous, Second Emperor of Brazil, we pray for the happy repose of his soul...

New Book — The Situated Science of Nicola Caputi: Witnessing Wonders in the Eighteenth-Century Kingdom of Naples

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A forthcoming title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • The Situated Science of Nicola Caputi: Witnessing Wond...

Feast of the Immaculate Conception at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, New Jersey

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December 4, 2025

Simple Pleasures: The Forgotten Sweetness of the Nespoli

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A friend received a small parcel the other day—inside, a handful of nespoli , the loquats that once ripened in many southern Italian gardens...

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

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Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902), drawing by   Georges Méliès’ At long last, I finally watched Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune —that mar...

Rorate Mass at Annunciation Parish Lower Church in Crestwood, New York

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December 3, 2025

The Calabrese Poetry of Vittorio Butera

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Vittorio Butera  by Umberto Stranges Vittorio Maria Butera was born in Conflenti (prov. of Catanzaro) on the slopes of the Reventino hill on...