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Nota in Brevis
Scandal, and Speaker Pelosi’s Defiance
In reference to Nancy Pelosi receiving Communion in a Papal Mass – although not by the Pope - along with an all-smiles photo-op with the Holy Father, allow me simply to offer some thoughts...
Editor's Corner
A Happy Independence Day in the Not-So-United States
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers, one that may be more muted than days of yore in the land of our neighbours - or neighbors - to the south. There are...
Nota in Brevis
The I’s of July
It was on this day in 2007 that the i-phone was first introduced to the world, and things have never been the same since. Hard to believe it was just fifteen years ago that...
Editor's Corner
Complacence, Complaisance, Courage and Christ
Saints Peter and Paul, whom we celebrate today, and John the Baptist, whose birth we recalled a few days ago, were neither complacent nor complaisant. In fact, the saints could be claimed as the...
Editor's Corner
Should We Receive Communion Daily? A Respondeo
I heard recently a homily from a traditional priest, the theme of which was how often we should receive Holy Communion, which topic, funnily enough, also came up in a conversation I had with...
Editor's Corner
S.A.D.S, Bieber and the Pope
I did not know that Ray Liotta had died, in his sleep. He was in the midst of filming a new movie, and engaged to be married, so seemed in good health. It’s not...
Book
Reading the Church Fathers: A Review
As I was reading Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine, a brand new magnum opus by scholar James L. Papandrea, I wondered whether the author...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Boniface and ‘Ordinary’ Time
We missed the feast of Saint Boniface this year, as it was trumped by the far greater feast of Pentecost - the second most solemn day in the Church's calendar, after Easter. But a...
