Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

(Note: it has been.) The Times reports the Israeli military confirms a photo (above) of an Israeli soldier smashing a crucifix is real. The headline above was posted upon first reading the accounts of this dreadful incident and meant we should be mindful of how Israel’s leaders and military handle it. To be honest, IContinue reading “The response to this had best be swift and severe”

This volume originally belonged to the late John Harlborg, a good friend whom I miss, and a Catholic convert like I.

In the New York Post, read the horrifying account of a young father who was beaten to death early in the early morning by a band of thugs on the mean streets of Chicago. According to the Post, Chicago police “seek to question four persons of interest who have eluded capture in the crime-ridden city forContinue reading “A return to frontier justice?”

A friend writes: Vatican II – The Second Spring of the Church: at start of the Council there were approximately 1300 Sisters of Charity of New York. Today there are 127, average age 87. Included in the note was a link to a sensitively written story in The New York Times (subscription required) on theContinue reading “When spring turns into winter”

Pay attention, there will be a short quiz later on His Holiness’s statement. ‘Sport must keep thehuman person at itscenter…Sport, when it is lived authentically, does not remain merely a performance,’ he said. ‘It is a form of language, a story made of gestures, effort, waiting, falls, and new beginnings. *As The New Yorker magazineContinue reading “Pope Leo XIV speaking to Italian Olympic athletes”

Posted byAnthony Chase FountainApril 8, 2026Posted inUncategorized A great scandal broke many years ago when it was revealed some of the largest and most  well known charities in this country were anything but charitable, spending most of their receipts on salaries, administration costs, and, ironically, fundraising. One large, well known charity, the Catholic Church’s Mother CabriniContinue reading “Giving new meaning to charity”

Ranchos de Taos, NM

From the Washington Post: Pope Leo XIV plans to personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff ‘I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today,Continue reading “More to like about Pope Leo”

Related somewhat to the post below, yesterday evening I listened to the reissue recording seen above for the first time in several years. It was one of the few recordings I had the privilege of producing while at  Sony Music. It was to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of the original LP recordingContinue reading “Perhaps the last Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass celebrated in the old rite”

The image is taken from Instapundit. Glenn Reynold’s blog Instapundit is the granddaddy of blogdom, which your Tatler has been reading from the dawn of the Internet. His blog is a reliable source of news because Reynolds, a law professor, is scrupulous about what he posts, and thus they can be relied on for truthfulness.Continue reading “TLM hits the Rialto”