Suno Bird Beaded Dress

I love the whimsy and colors of this tunic dress. The navy fabric gives an unexpected causal base to the beautiful lighter weight beads thr...

Matt Bernson's Gold Bar Clutch

I've been attending a lot of formal occasions lately and if I would have known earlier, I would have definitely picked up this Gold Bar ...

At Assisi, the Peace Train Rides Again

Precisely a quarter-century after Blessed John Paul II convoked a global gathering of interfaith leaders in the city of St Francis, today ...

Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar

It's a nonsensical but well designed calendar. It will be fun to buy to put in your home and let your guests sit there staring at it wit...

PS1 medium saddle at Barneys Dallas Charity Event

Yes this blog has seemingly become dedicated to the letters: PS1. When will it end? Maybe when I will write a book about it. Lately I...

On the "Signs of the Times," A Word from the North

As the rival camps of the Catholic chattering class continue the latest round of their traditional Exegetical Wars following yesterday's...

The Grand Relator: For DC Cardinal, A Key Vatican Nod

While the celebration of Saturday's first-ever feast of Blessed John Paul II was initially limited to Rome and the dioceses of Papa Woj...

Toward a World Watchdog: The Vatican Talks Finance

Having garnered a high level of buzz over recent weeks, this morning brought the rollout of a text from the Holy See on the reform of the gl...

"Blessed Are You, John Paul II, Because You Believed!"

“T he absolute, and yet sweet and gentle, power of the Lord responds to the whole depths of the human person, to his loftiest aspirations o...

Quote of the Day

“T eddy Roosevelt was a man who had a reputation for being frank and direct. In 1900, a year before he entered the White House, he wrote...

G'day, Vatican -- From Ad Limina to the Domus, Aussie Week in Rome

Just over a fortnight until the Stateside bench begins its first report to Rome in B16's pontificate, the past week has seen the first ...

At Long Last, Viganò = US Nuncio

Months in the rumor-mill , yet conspicuously delayed amid very credible reports of a Vatican power struggle, at this Roman Noon the move is...

PS1 Toiletry Bag

Here is tonight's moment of ridiculous.   Would you pay $325 for a PS1 toiletry bag?   Would you carry this as a clutch?

For Vatican II's 50th, A "Year of Faith"

While this morning's return of the PopeMover will likely garner its share of media note (for "Papal Death Watch" purposes, of ...

Vintage Shopping with Sunny at Blue Velvet

  Last weekend when Sunny was in Austin, we went vintage shopping at Blue Velvet and now I'm hooked.  I'm severely allergic to indo...

Man of the Poor, Successor of Sin: B16's Thrilla for Manila

Home to 3 million Catholics in a country where four-fifths of its 88 million residents belong to the fold, one would have a hard time findin...