Category Archives: Reviews

The Submerged Reality – a Book on Sophiology by Michael Martin

The Submerged Reality – Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics by Michael Martin, reviewed. A book which follows Valentin Tomberg and Meditations on the Tarot. In my opinion, the finest so far in English.

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Against Inclusiveness by James Kalb (Review)

Why inclusiveness spells fascism …

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On Christendom — and Europe and the Faith by Hilaire Belloc

First part of an introduction to Hilaire Belloc’s classic text Europe and the Faith, broken down into sections with long passages quoted.

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Joan of Arc by Hilaire Belloc (Review)

Of Christendom and Catholic France: Hilaire Belloc’s beautiful and poetic Joan of Arc …

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The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel (Review)

On Franz Werfel’s masterpiece about Our Lady of Lourdes: The Song of Bernadette – with extracts from the text and numerous photos of Lourdes, then and now.

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Hilaire Belloc on The Great Heresies (Review)

Hilaire Belloc on the great heresies – and a prophetic look at things as varied as Capitalism, Communism and even the renewed paganism of the New Age movement.

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Monarchy – A Study of Louis XIV by Hilaire Belloc (Review)

A detailed review of Hilaire Belloc’s classic work on Monarchy – A Study of Louis XIV. It is also a book about Catholic France, Christendom and Capitalism – and ultimately Counter Revolution …

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Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (Review)

Reflections on the first of Graham Greene’s Catholic novels – Brighton Rock from 1938.

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On Purgatory: Hungry Souls by G.J.M. Van Den Aardweg (Review)

Reflections on Hungry Souls – a moving, important book about the reality of Purgatory and the Holy Souls.

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Essays of a Catholic: A Fine Introduction to Hilaire Belloc (Review)

These essays from the great Catholic thinker Hilaire Belloc offer an exceptional introduction to his thinking – as well as a somber review of the fall of Christendom.

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The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (an Overview by Charles A. Coulombe – Reviewed)

Charles A. Coulombe provides a stunning overview of the the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

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Hilaire Belloc: Economics for Helen (Review)

While Hilaire Belloc’s Economics for Helen is for the most part hardly original – it remains an inspired text, relevant for understanding Belloc’s Distributism.

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On Old Thunder – Joseph Pearce’s Life of Hilaire Belloc (Review)

Joseph Pearce offers a rich, colourful life of Hilaire Belloc, which, oddly, sometimes fails to get to the core of Belloc’s very raison d’être.

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The Letters of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque – Book Review

Considering the love and passion in the 142 letters of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque …

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Sacred Heart: Gateway to God by Wendy M. Wright (Book Review)

Wendy M. Wright offers an introduction to the Catholic tradition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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A Film on Our Lady of Fatima – The 13th Day (Review)

This is a much needed, very important film about Fatima and the 1917 Apparitions of Our Lady – with beautiful photography.

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This is the Faith by Canon Francis Ripley (Review)

A long review of the very beautiful pre-Vatican II catechism This is the Faith by Canon Francis Ripley – a treasure house for Catholic traditionalists!

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The Tragic Tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War by Raymond Jonas (Review)

On the Tragic Tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War by Raymond Jonas – a very personal review after visiting Loublande where Sr. Claire lived …

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The New Faithful by Colleen Carroll (Review)

Bring on the Young Fogeys! An arresting account of tradition resurging: The New Faithful by Colleen Carroll.

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Witness to Hope: The Life of John Paul II (Review)

A short review of Witness to Hope – a potent, beautiful film of the Life of St. John Paul II.

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