Thoughts from Home and Abroad

How did romanticism affect the way that Romeo and Juliet is understood? Courage to Present “Romeo and Juliet” as it Should be #williamshakespeare #josephpearce #theatre

Is The Lord of the Rings a novel? And what is a novel anyway? Novel Wisdom and Epic Truth ~ The Imaginative Conservative  

A personal invitation to join me for a celebration of Catholic culture at St. Joseph's Shrine in Detroit... https://x.com/stjosephshrined/status/2031358527655006530

Enjoying a good argument on Wagner's influence on Nietzsche... https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2026/03/wagner-versus-nietzsche-joseph-pearce.html

250 years after the Declaration of Independence, are England and the United States friends or foes? I grapple with this question in my talk at this year's Prairie Troubadours conference... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P8a3ZiJgUU

In conversation with Fr. Robert McTeigue on the future of Europe... https://thecatholiccurrent.podbean.com/e/who-can-save-europe-joseph-pearce-3526/

A sneak preview of the content of the March/April issue of the St. Austin Review...

Celebrating a revival of interest in the great Catholic writer, Hilaire Belloc... A Hilaire Belloc Revival| National Catholic Register  

It's good to remind ourselves of the way that the COVID-19 lockdown was used to persecute Christians. As the lockdown was lifted, Christians in many parts of the country found themselves locked-out of their churches. Here's how the lockdown became the lock-out... Lenten Lockdown—Lest We Forget - Crisis Magazine

How does Shakespeare respond to the anti-Catholic poem which was the source for Romeo and Juliet? In a Nutshell with Joseph Pearce 39: Why did Friar Lawrence fail to save Romeo and Juliet?