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Editor's Corner
Benedict’s Legacy
(This was posted four years ago, but the few thoughts therein still seem relevant...)
It was six years ago today that Pope Emeritus Benedict’s resignation from the papacy became official, leading to the conclave which...
Editor's Corner
A Sombre Anniversary
As we commemorate this day, February 24th, the official beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, we should all be praying for some sort a peaceful resolution, not least before there is further escalation that...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Joseph’s Catholic – But is his High School?
At what point do we here in Ontario stop calling Catholic schools, Catholic? A name, says the Catechism, expresses a person's essence. And what applies to persons applies also, by extension, to societies, schools,...
Editor's Corner
A New Archbishop for Toronto
Pope Francis has appointed a new archbishop for Toronto, Auxiliary Bishop Frank Leo, after accepting the resignation of Thomas Cardinal Collins (Bishops are required to submit a resignation letter to the Pope on their...
Editor's Corner
Benedict XV’s War and Peace
There is a fin de siècle feel in the air, akin to what people must have felt in 1914 on eve of the Great War – which was meant to end all wars. As...
Editor's Corner
Salvifici Doloris: Hope and Joy in Suffering
On the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, back in 1984, Pope Saint John Paul II promulgated an Apostolic Letter on the mystery of human suffering, Salvifici Doloris (the same year he made his...
Editor's Corner
Invoking/Revoking Canon 87
Against the restrictions of Traditionis Custodes and its accompanying draconian dubia, traditionally-minded bishops (would that adjective were superfluous!) always had a recourse in Canon 87.1, which stated that:
A diocesan bishop, whenever he judges that...
Nota in Brevis
Transhumanist Beatitude
When you stop believing in heaven, you're going to make one up, and the fake version always ends up some sort of hell, albeit a subtle and insidious one. We have seen this with...
