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Editor's Corner
Wonder Woman, Artificial Intelligence and Human Work
Wonder Woman has opened in theatres. I will have more to say on this feminist icon, and what it means for modern masculinity, or what's left of it. Â The film does seem to be...
Nota in Brevis
Life in the Visitation
A blessed feast of the Visitation to one and all! Â I have always considered this a pro-life feast, when two saintly women, each bearing two very holy children, in fact, the holiest, met in...
Editor's Corner
The Prime Minister and the Pope
Justin Trudeau has finally met the Pope, in theory, his spiritual head, to whom he (Mr. Trudeau, that is) owes obedience and respect. Â One would not have thought so, as John Robson points out,...
Editor's Corner
Scheer Wins
Andrew Scheer has won the election as leader of the federal Conservative Party, thankfully and rather surprisingly narrowly edging out front-runner Maxime Bernier, who would have been another bland pseudo-conservative disaster, stumbling around from...
Editor's Corner
More Martyrs in Egypt
Sometimes, following Saint Philip Neri in his spirit of joy is a difficult one, as we hear of another Islamic attack, this time on a bus filled with Christians on a desert road, many...
Articles
The Joyful Apostle of Rome
Today, May 26th, is the feast of one of my favorite saints, Philip Neri (1515-1595), born and raised in the renaissance city of Florence during the height of that glorious era, one which, for...
Nota in Brevis
The Three Saints of the Day
Today is one of the rare, if memory serves unique, days in the liturgical calendar wherein we celebrate three saints. Â In chronological order, they are:
Saint Bede, who is called the Venerable (672-735) a monk...
Editor's Corner
The Pope, Trump and Climate Change
The Holy Father and President Donald Trump finally had a face to face meeting yesterday which, as accounts have it, began rather awkwardly, but soon warmed up (although the Pope still looks rather stony-faced...
