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Editor's Corner
Cheating Chat-GPT
In 1950, Alan Turing - one of the inventors of the modern computer, and fresh from helping win the war by designing it to decipher Germany's indecipherable 'Enigma Code' - posited a test that...
Editor's Corner
The Rise – and Fall? – of the Nones
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest;...
Nota in Brevis
Saints Hilary and Cassian
A brief mention of two saints, both of whose commemorations fall on February 29th - the day of their deaths. Hence, on non-leap years they are moved to today, the 28th. I suppose the...
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...
