The Eyes of the Heart: A Movie Review of āPrince ofĀ Foxesā
Year: Ā 1949Ā
Filming: Ā Black & WhiteĀ
Length:Ā 107 minutesĀ
Genre: Ā Adventure/Drama/History/SwashbucklerĀ
Maturity: Ā PG (for intense thematic elements)
Cast:Ā Tyrone Power (Andrea Orsini), Orson Welles (Cesare Borgia), Wanda Hendrix (Camilla...
Tallis’ Gaude Gloriosa
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Saint Thomas’ Profundity: A Poem
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A blessed Sunday to one and all!
German composer Hans Leo Hassler was born on this October 26th in 1564, bringing much of the genius...
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Evelyn Waugh’s Bitter Trial
āIt must be observed that if the faith were endangered, a subject ought to rebuke his prelate even publicly.ā St.Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II,...
Pope John Paul II’s First Holy Thursday Letter to Priests
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
TO ALL THE PRIESTS
ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979
Dear Brother Priests,
For you I am a...
A Review of Father Jonathan Robinson’s “The Mass and Modernity”
Jonathan Robinson, The Mass and Modernity: Walking to Heaven Backwards. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. (First published in the Chesterton Review)
When I mentioned Father...
