Tossing a Lace Doily at a Tank
St. John of Damascus “Wearisome are the displays of what passes for happiness in a dead world,” laments Anthony Esolen in this essay for The Catholic Thing, “A Time to Tear Down, A Time...
Category: Restoration Reader
Picture This
St. Ludger Sumptuous color photos of pre-Bolshevik Revolution Russia depict glorious landscapes and an incredible diversity of people in this splashy Smithsonian piece by Natasha Geiling. An intriguing story of ancient grains, community, entrepreneurship,...
Behold the Handmaid of the Lord
The Annunciation The importance of March 25 in salvation history is woven into this piece on the Dominicana blog, that notes J.R.R. Tokien’s use of this date for the destruction of the ring and...
A Trembling in Her Womb
St. Gabriel Vultus Christi lovingly tells the story of the Annunciation, explaining the Marian symbolism in art, and tying this great solemnity to the anniversary of the first exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. In...
All Francis Friday
St. Benedict Mirror, mirror on the wall? Francis beats out the competition for #1 leader on Fortune Mag’s “best leader” list, walloping the Dalai Lama by eight spots. However, the Dalai Lama boasts 8.61...
Just Say “Na” to Nabisco
St. Photina Two-dad families are now being marketed as wholesome by none other than the Nabisco company, according to this post on a Blog for Dallas Area Catholics, which includes an embedded video of...
Silence Encourages the Tormentor
St. Joseph With “A Protest for Everybody” the French lead the way in fighting for the traditional understanding of marriage and protecting children from homosexual adoption. Unlike the American Tea Party movement, the French...
What’s Luv Got to Do With It?
St. Cyril of Jerusalem King Philippe of Belgium is a practicing Catholic? And he signed the child euthanasia bill? Crisis tells the story without mentioning mortal sin or questioning where the hierarchy was in...
The Time of the Great Choosing
St. Patrick It’s getting hot in the novus ordo pot. Pat Archbold at Creative Minority Report wonders how Newchurch Catholics would act and why if the Synod on the Family were to allow the...
All Francis Friday
St. Matilda One year in, Louie Verrecchio reflects on the election of Francis and concludes, “Habemus Problema!” Makin’ a list and checkin’ it twice: Mundabor reviews Francis’ “accomplishments” against last year’s predictions of Marcelo...
