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Editor's Corner
Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai
Many of us have heard of Saint Damien of Molokai, the heroic missionary priest who gave his life working amongst the lepers in Hawaii. But there is a female version, celebrated today, Saint Marianne...
Nota in Brevis
Roe versus Wade and the Battle for Life
(Here is a reprise of what we posted on the last sombre anniversary of Roe v. Wade, now, as so many have hoped and prayed cast into the rubbish heap of history as an...
Editor's Corner
A Take on the Tragic Fruits of Fiducia Supplicans
So the DDF â the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the CDF, and before that, the SCDF, the âSâ standing for âSacredâ and, boy, do I long for those bygone days...
Editor's Corner
Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Without Repentance?
Can we forgive someone who doesnât accept our forgiveness? Or someone who doesnât think he needs it? There was a group of us discussing this question recently, in reference to all that has happened...
Editor's Corner
Bernard of Corleone, the Saint Who Gave Up the Sword
Saint Bernard of Corleone (1605 - 1667) could be the patron saint of the Mafia, and not just because he hails from the same region as the fictional crime family of Mario Puzoâs 1969...
Editor's Corner
The Ecstasy of Fernandez, Mariette and Teresa
We won't talk about the resurfaced book by Cardinal Fernandez, like some antedeluvian and postlapsarian creature out of the black lagoon. The current head of what is now known as the Dicastery for the...
Editor's Corner
Theotokos, or Christotokos? A Christmas Heresy Begets a Christian Truth
Was Christ was a human person? That may seem an odd question, to which most of us might reply, of course He was! (or is that is)?
But the correct response is that He was...
Articles
A Happy Marian New Year!
The Church begins each new calendar year with a Marian feast, celebrating the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God, Theotokos â literally the âBearer of Godâ â defined at the Council of Ephesus...
