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Editor's Corner
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s Summer’s Solstice
On this 21st day of June, we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic who died at what we might consider the too-young age of 23 (just short of the 24 club,...
Articles
Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe, Servant or Master?
In one of his first addresses, Pope Leo XIV offers a glimpse into why he chose the name he did:
I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but...
Editor's Corner
Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by the saint's way of life, donated the land on which...
Editor's Corner
A Short Primer on Just War Theory
The Church has a long history of ‘just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon that, Saint Thomas and other theologians, our Tradition has developed...
Editor's Corner
A Short Primer on the Trinity
In light of yesterdays’ Solemnity celebrating the Most Holy Trinity, a few words on this central teaching of our Faith may be in order. The doctrine of the Trinity is unique to the Christian...
Nota in Brevis
The Index, R.I.P.?
On this day in 1966, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum - Index of Forbidden Books - was abolished by Pope Paul VI, just after the close of the Second Vatican Council. The Index had a...
Nota in Brevis
NEETS and MEETS
Acronyms are the thing now, and at dinner with a few students and alumni recently, I heard of a new one: NEETs – neither education, employment nor training. This has been adopted by young...
Editor's Corner
Saint Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at the age of 35 in 1231. But he is also...
