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Editor's Corner
Saint Vincent and Roe versus Wade: Great Good out of Great Evil
Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution, is a providential saint for this sombre anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision of...
Editor's Corner
The Limits of Papal Authority, and the Covid Vaccine
Pope Francis has added the heft of his papal authority to the question of the Covid vaccine in a television recent interview:
I believe that morally everyone must take the vaccineâŠIt is the moral choice...
Editor's Corner
The Covid Vaccine: Formal and Material Cooperation, and the Principle of Double Effect
Opinions on the 'vaccine' range from those who see it as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality - whatever that may now mean - all the way to those...
Editor's Corner
Coup, Coup, Ubi Es Tu?
Whatever happened on Capitol Hill last week cannot be described as a âcoupâ, and the charge of 'attempted coup' cannot be placed at the feet of Donald Trump. That would, in any previous society,...
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The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of 2021, which seemed a long time in the future even...
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Year of Saint Joseph: The Shadow of the Father
On this solemnity of Mary's Divine Motherhood, it's good also to be reminded of her husband's quasi-divine Fatherhood, as we begin this 'Year of Saint Joseph'. I write 'quasi' - 'as though' - for...
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The Limits of Law and Obedience
Obedience is not necessarily a virtue. It did not excuse the Nazis at Nuremberg, who were just âfollowing ordersâ. Just as Serviam has its exceptions and nuances, so too Non Serviam can be firmly stated without its usual...
Editor's Corner
Saint Thomas Ă Becket’s 850th
A blessed continuing 'merrie Christmas!' to all our readers, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up to the Epiphany and the Baptism of our Lord. So keep those lights and candles burning,...
