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Editor's Corner
Jurassic Wolf
Well, they've finally done it. Readers of a certain vintage may recall seeing Jurassic Park in full theatre mode, and being blown away by nature run amok. Or, more to the point, Man's intervention...
Editor's Corner
Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: A Teacher for Teachers
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651 - 1719), a French nobleman, ordained a priest, founded the first order in the Church’s history entirely without priests, and this came about almost by accident. I say ‘almost’,...
Featured Highlights
Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Gentle Fire
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and breadth of Europe preaching to and converting untold thousands, counselling...
Book
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
(In light of Saint Isidore of Seville, patron of the internet, here is a re-post of a review from 2016, on Nicholas Carr's book, 'The Shallows'. If such easy, and rather superficial, access to...
Editor's Corner
Saint Isidore of Seville, the Internet and Industriousness
Today, April 4th is the commemoration of Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) a bishop and doctor of the Church during a tumultuous age, when civilization was crumbling, coming apart at its very seams, which...
Editor's Corner
A Second Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex: IVF and ET Are Still Immoral
(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here. Alas, Dr. Rex's arguments do not work, and here is...
Editor's Corner
A Hidden Friar and a Popular Pope
This April the second marks the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (1417-1507), founder of the 'Minim' friars, so called for their humility and poverty, who interpreted the rule of Saint Francis of Assisi...
Nota in Brevis
An Apologia for Women
It seems someone took umbrage at my reflection on Women’s Day, even going so far as to call it ‘vile’ – strong brew! – so thought I would offer an apologia, both in the...
