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Editor's Corner
Cardinal Pell’s Due Process
One might well describe the conviction of Cardinal Pell a travesty of justice, but we will likely never know, as the trial was âblacked outâ, which does not mean everyone was singing Mammy in...
Nota in Brevis
Gender Neutrality?
From genderless people to genderless clothing â or is it the other way around? Glancing through the article, even the physiognomy, besides all the cultural phenomena, has become androgynous. I had trouble telling who...
Articles
Polycarp’s Late and Early Witness
Commemorating a simpler time in the nascent Church, today is the memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and a disciple of Saint John the Beloved himself. The contemporary and eyewitness, as well as...
Editor's Corner
Minors and Majors
The Vatican synod currently underway has as its theme the âprotection of minorsâ, a category that in our current intellectual milieu triggers a vivid emotional response; for what comes to mind are little children...
Editor's Corner
Saint Peter’s Cathedra
It might seem odd to celebrate a 'chair', even one of Saint Peter, but today's feast commemorates not a physical object, but the office of the papacy bestowed upon the Apostle Simon, whom Christ christened Peter...
Nota in Brevis
The Truth of Synods and Conquistadors
Blaise Cardinal Cupich has denied any link between homosexuality and the sexual abuse crisis, and that the upcoming synod will not only not focus on the former, but will not even mention the sin...
Nota in Brevis
The Lustful Elephant in the Room
Of course, as non-rational beings, elephants cannot lust,  but I agree with Julia Meloni that unless the hierarchical powers-that-be realize that the clerical abuse crisis is much more than a question of victimized âminorsâ, not...
Nota in Brevis
Manifesting Holiness
Cardinal Muellerâs Manifesto continues to create quite the stir, opening up what seems be a deep division within the Vatican. What that division signifies has itself yet to be clarified, but it has something...
