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Editor's Corner
The Necessity of An ‘Ordo Amoris’
The notion of the ‘ordo amoris’ – the ‘order of love’ - has generated some debate of late, not least since some big names have been involved: JD Vance responding to Pope Francis, and...
Editor's Corner
What Vatican II Actually Said on the Mass
IN the wake of the blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi - whether you celebrated on the proper Thursday, or the following Sunday - with liturgical battles still raging in dioceses across the land, perhaps...
Nota in Brevis
Britain’s Descent into Darkness
The once-merrie-and-Catholic land of Britain – the two adjectives go together like apple pie and ice cream – continues to descend down the dark tunnel of the culture of death. In the last week,...
Articles
Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe, Servant or Master?
In one of his first addresses, Pope Leo XIV offers a glimpse into why he chose the name he did:
I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but...
Editor's Corner
A Short Primer on Just War Theory
The Church has a long history of ‘just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon that, Saint Thomas and other theologians, our Tradition has developed...
Nota in Brevis
The Index, R.I.P.?
On this day in 1966, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum - Index of Forbidden Books - was abolished by Pope Paul VI, just after the close of the Second Vatican Council. The Index had a...
Nota in Brevis
NEETS and MEETS
Acronyms are the thing now, and at dinner with a few students and alumni recently, I heard of a new one: NEETs – neither education, employment nor training. This has been adopted by young...
Editor's Corner
Saint Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at the age of 35 in 1231. But he is also...
