Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
Don’t start the new year with a resolution to diet. Instead, head to your nearest bookstore or click on the internet to purchase the two recently-published must-haves for every Italophiles’ library and kitchen shelf. On October 28, Il Talismano della Felicità by Ada Boni, the most iconic and beloved Italian cookbook ever published, was translated and [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of the [...]
Jesus brings the two great commandments together By Anthony Esolen * "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your mind, and with all your strength" (Mk. 12:29-30; cf. Dt. 6:4). “Which commandment is the first [...]
By Lucy Gordan The Palazzo Colonna with its impressive entrance courtyard and (below) magnificent gardens at its back. I’ve lived in Rome for more than 50 years and had never heard of, much less visited, Palazzo Colonna, until last November when the Culture Group of the Foreign Press Association was invited on a tour [...]
By Mother Martha Pizza, specifically the art of the Neapolitan pizzaiulo or pizza chef, was inscribed on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December 2017. This year four new titles about pizza appeared on bookstores’ shelves or to order on the internet. They all recount the owner pizzaiuoli and their restaurants’ stories; each volume contains [...]
Thomas Aquinas College finds the honor gratifying but "ironic" We are in the midst of a general crisis in higher education – an intellectual and spiritual crisis that is creating a generation of muddle-headed, unbelieving young people. One need only glance at the militant abortion apologists, the LGBT activists and the Antifa defenders — not to [...]
Screenshot The foundational encyclical of Pope Francis on the environment — and on the essential moral duty of men and women to “care for creation” — was Laudato Si’ (“Praised be (you, my Lord)...”), published more than 10 years ago, on May 24, 2015. The encyclical has been praised as prophetic, but also criticized [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of the [...]
By Lucy Gordan “The Deposition” or “Strozzi Altarpiece.” (Photo: Courtesy of the Ministero della Cultura-Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Toscana-Museo di San Marco). Probably a self-portrait of Fra Angelico in the “Strozzi Altarpiece” A blockbuster exhibition celebrating Fra Angelico (c.1395-1455), better known as “Beato (Blessed) Angelico,” is on display until January 25, 2026 [...]
During Christmastide, the streams of grace overflow their banks... By Marcellus Allen Roberts* It’s 4 am on Christmas morning. As the bulk of men who woke up for breakfast return from the chow hall and climb back into their bunks, a small contingent of Catholics trickle into the day room. There is a playful, schoolboy air [...]
