The publication L'Osservatore Romano issued a statement about the investigation into whether Floradora should be declared a saint ( Sa...

"And who, may I ask, is Dean Husk?" The Question Box Moderator may be asked an assortment of oddball inquiries but this time he’s...

For those of you that have enjoyed the biographical bits and pieces that we've come up with over the years at Bellairsia, you must tip y...

The White Sepulchre of Armbruster, Pennsylvania, is the home base of the Knights of the White Sepulchre, a semi-militant arm of the church, ...

CBS News recently discussed the popularity of Skellig Michael , an island in the Atlantic off the southwest tip of Ireland, after being fea...

The Moist Heart missal lists several prayers for Mass, including this one that counters the previous Prayer for Rain and instead asks heav...

During Pope Paul VI's 1965 visit to the United States this president met him in New York City [ Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies ; 30]. ...

The Eyes of the Killer Robot (1986) turns thirty this year. In this tale, we learn that an insane inventor, Evaristus Sloane, created a fi...

John Bellairs wrote books and humor articles, Brad Strickland has written books, radio plays, poetry, and more - and they've all misspel...

We all know that after a long day teaching history at Haggstrum College that Roderick Childermass drops the “professor” bit once he arrives ...

We've highlighted fan art over the years and today we welcome another piece. John Rego of Boston tells about his creation: This pi...

Edward Gorey has popped up in a few places this week. First there's a play about the life of the notoriously private auteur debut...

Da Vinci's unfinished work, Saint Sebastian Dying in a Bed of Zinnias , was inspired by the effeminate Pope Ganymede V prancing around i...

...and we remember John Bellairs .

We were looking for something to post this February 29 and this article at the AV Club about Tom Lehrer surfaced this afternoon.  Perfect...