Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
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 [...]
Amid the crisis of unbelief, a plan to re-Catechize U.S. Catholics Patrick Reilly, president and founder of The Cardinal Newman Society, which identifies and celebrates good Catholic education by Patrick Reilly In the United States, surveys show a crisis of faith in the Eucharist, especially among young people. Not only do many baptized [...]
Places where the physical world manifests the spiritual in miraculous ways By ITV staff The entrance to the Church of San Francesco, which contains the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano. It is annexed to the homonymous convent of the Friars Minor Conventual. Inside are the famous relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano (photo [...]
By Lucy Gordan De honesta Voluptate ac Valetudine libri decem (On honest indulgence and good health, Ten Books, often shortened to De honesta voluptate) was the first cookbook ever printed. Compiled ca. 1465 by Bartolomeo Platina, it appeared between 1470 and 1475 in Rome. Rossano Boscolo, creator of Garum Its inauguration postponed several times [...]
Among many species, beauty is more important than life By Aurelio Porfiri* The Crowning of the Virgin by Catarino, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy I was very sad that day. I don’t know why I walked into a church near where I live. This church is an architectural jewel with a beautiful mosaic, known all [...]
By Mother Martha In almost all family-run trattorias in Rome and in southern Italy, when the restaurateur presents the bill at the end of the meal, he or she offers the guests a choice of digestivi. These are after-dinner drinks meant to help digestion. Many, like grappa from the Veneto and Friuli, Abruzzese centoerbe or Sardinian [...]
A unique Easter pilgrimage incorporates prayerful preparation before the feast By ITV staff The Upper Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy The Catholic Church designates the entire week before Easter as a “Holy Week.” It is a time to prepare our hearts for the remembrance of Christ’s supreme sacrifice for our salvation, [...]
We aren't rigid; we just want something that works By John Byron Kuhner Yesterday I was present at a well-attended Mass in North Carolina. The Mass had many virtues. The congregation was welcoming. The music was not exactly high art, but most of the people sang. Every pew was full except for one on an aisle [...]
"You're here before your time," says the world to Jesus. "Get lost, and take your shabby followers with you." By Anthony Esolen A series of scenes depicting the Gospel story in which Jesus restores to sound mind a demon-possessed man. And behold, all the “ city came out to meet Jesus; and when they [...]
By Matthew Trojacek Pope Francis and Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, speak via video with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, then head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, on March 16. Also pictured is Ukrainian Franciscan Father Marek Viktor [...]
