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Nota in Brevis
Princess Kate
Katherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, as readers are likely aware, has just made a moving public announcement that she is suffering from cancer. She speaks stoically, but there must be much emotion behind the...
Articles
John Paul II and Passion Sunday
"Christ became obedient for us even to death, death on the Cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above every other name" (Gospel acclamation).
We have used these words of...
Editor's Corner
The Creeping Totalitarianism of Bill C-63
Justin Trudeau and his 'Justice' Minister, Arif Virani, are doubling down on Bill C-63, purported to make the internet a 'safe place for children'. Violations of their strict censorship laws - which include anything...
Articles
400th Anniversary of Saint Joseph as Patron of Canada
In 1624, Father Joseph LeCaron, an early Recollet missionary here in Canada, consecrated this land to Saint Joseph, adopting him as the nation's patron saint. This was formally accepted by Pope Gregory XVI in...
Nota in Brevis
Theology on Tap, with Yours Truly
For those in the area in which I happen live, I've been asked to offer a few thoughts on 'How Can We Know That God Exists?', as part of the ongoing Theology on Tap...
Featured
Musical Offering: O Bone Iesu
As we enter into Passiontide, for our musical selection this week we present Palestrina's O Bone Iesu, a short motet for four voices composed in 1588, just as the Protestant 'Reformation' was kicking into...
Nota in Brevis
Two Saints, One Islam
For some reason, the saints on these two days in mid-March, buried in the midst of these Lenten days, have had some connection with Islam: March 12th was the commemoration of Saint Theophanes the...
Nota in Brevis
Eleven Years
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the election of Jorge Borgoglio to the Chair of Saint Peter as Pope Francis. Whatever one thinks of him, and his controversial papacy, we should pray for the...
