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Nota in Brevis
The Proportionality of War
As the stakes rise in the various conflicts around the world, not least in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle east, we should remind ourselves of the Church’s theory of a ‘just war’, which should...
Editor's Corner
Saint Martin and Remembrance
Today is Saint Martin’s Day, (+397), a former soldier in the Roman empire who, inspired by the edifying example of the Christians, decided as a ten year old to convert to Catholicism (people grew...
Editor's Corner
Trying to Build Your Own Do-It-Yourself Magisterium
It's kind of sad to read Gerald McDermott's lament on the state of modern Anglicanism, striving to find a locus veritatis - a place wherein they may find the truth. The problem, of course, is...
Nota in Brevis
Where Has All the Farmland Gone?
RFK, Jr. explains in three minutes, and it's worth pondering. If this is the case with pig farming, what's next? And what might be done? If there's a central message from Pope Leo XIII's...
Featured Highlights
Deus Benedicat Americae
Well, the polls are in, and so is Donald Trump, for a second term as president of the United States of America.
Trump may not be Cyrus the Great redivivus, a pagan king who helped...
Reviews
Two Complementary Requiems
On this All Souls' Day, here are two Requiems, which commemorate the dead with beauty and transcendence, and may accompany our prayers this day.
The first is Mozart's famous rendition, which he left incomplete on...
Nota in Brevis
Google – Don’t Be Evil
Google's motto - replete with irony - was 'don't be evil'. They dropped that in 2018, although it's still apparently somewhere in their code of conduct. A headline recently said something rather unsettling, that...
Nota in Brevis
St Charles Borromeo, Man of God and Servant of the Church
Today, Monday 4 November 2024, as we are celebrating the feast of St Charles Borromeo, one instinctively moves my heart, the receptivity and the mission of this great man of God and servant the...
