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Nota in Brevis
Corona and the Joke’s on Joaquin
On this world day of the sick, under the patronage of Our Lady of Lourdes, âtis perhaps requisite that we ask how bad is the coronavirus. By âbadâ we mean, how lethal, and how...
Editor's Corner
More on Magisteria and Mohawks
We Catholics are now perforce to ponder more deeply the limits of Magisterial authority â specifically papal pronouncements â in light of the current holder of the office. As we await whatever is in...
Nota in Brevis
Poverty, and People Ain’t the Problem
A rich world and a vibrant economy can and should end poverty said Pope Francis on February 5th in an address at a Vatican conference on âNew Forms of Solidarityâ.
We have heard this before,...
Editor's Corner
The Joyful Martyrs of Japan
Today is the feast of the Martyrs, Saint Paul Miki and Companions, put to death by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan, whose example offers  a healthy antidote to the rather darker...
Editor's Corner
Pravda, Canadian-Style
In our ever-more deranged Dominion, it began with the $600 million subsidy to âhelpâ journalistic sources â of course, only those selected by the government. The CRTC has already called for the CBC to...
Nota in Brevis
Trump, Truth, Teachers and Thanatos
Trumpâs State of the Union address was a remarkable affair, from what highlights I could glean. Ebullient, optimistic, confident â all in the very room where the soon-to-be-declared failed impeachment process was held. For...
Nota in Brevis
The Bad and the Good
The German episcopacy begins its tortured synodal path today, with the intent, according to reports, to approve contraception, homosexuality and female ordination, any one of which would put them outside the visible, hierarchical Church...
Featured Highlights
Lawlessness and Trumping Choice
Besides being the memorial - or, as I like to think of it, the feast - of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this is also the rather ambiguous anniversary, back on this day in 1988, of...
