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Articles
Ite Ad Joseph: The Archbishop’s Novena
As promised, I have pasted below the novena prayer to Saint Joseph, which  the Archbishop of Ottawa, Terence Prendergast, has asked all Catholics in Canada to pray , along with some sacrifice and fasting...
Editor's Corner
Of Euthanasia and Martrydom
*I have an article just published this morning in Crisis magazine (crisismagazine.com), which you can find here. Â I will post it here after a few days, for your perusal. Â We are indeed entering dark...
Articles
Father Lombardi’s Quandry
Well, you have likely heard that Father Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, has clarified that Pope Francis was indeed referring to contraception in his remarks on the flight back from Mexico.
Here is the relevant section...
Editor's Corner
Liberal Budget Educated in Red Ink
The Ontario Liberal budget was released yesterday: As expected, costs are going up, while revenues tank, the deficit is $50 billion, the debt, well, the debt is now more than $300 billion. With those...
Nota in Brevis
Clarification on the Legend of Paul VI’s ‘Permission’
*Pursuant to my recent post on Pope Francis' ambiguous and confusing remarks on contraception, it turns out that my initial discomfiture of hearing of Paul VI's supposed permission to nuns in the Congo to...
Editor's Corner
Trump, Zika and Contraception
The Holy Father has started another furore with his latest off-the-cuff interview on the plan ride back from his pilgrimage to Mexico. I would recommend that all those interested read the entire text of...
Editor's Corner
Humanities, Technology and the Martian
On a news report the other evening, it was mentioned that enrolment in the humanities (philosophy, literature, history, to say nothing of theology) has dropped by 50% over the past ten years in our...
Nota in Brevis
Of Universities, Family Day and JP II
*Anyone who is remotely interested in the state of the Canadian university, and especially all the parents pondering where to send their children, and all the high school graduates wondering where to go next...
