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Editor's Corner
Jurassic Wolf
Well, they've finally done it. Readers of a certain vintage may recall seeing Jurassic Park in full theatre mode, and being blown away by nature run amok. Or, more to the point, Man's intervention...
Featured Highlights
Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Gentle Fire
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and breadth of Europe preaching to and converting untold thousands, counselling...
Book
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
(In light of Saint Isidore of Seville, patron of the internet, here is a re-post of a review from 2016, on Nicholas Carr's book, 'The Shallows'. If such easy, and rather superficial, access to...
Editor's Corner
A Second Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex: IVF and ET Are Still Immoral
(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here. Alas, Dr. Rex's arguments do not work, and here is...
Nota in Brevis
An Apologia for Women
It seems someone took umbrage at my reflection on Womenâs Day, even going so far as to call it âvileâ â strong brew! â so thought I would offer an apologia, both in the...
Editor's Corner
Saint Benjamin and Blessed Jane of Toulouse: Of Persians and Carmelites
On this last day of March, as this year we approach the final two weeks of Lent before Holy Week, we commemorate two little known saints:
The first chronologically is Saint Benjamin (+424), a deacon...
Editor's Corner
No, Embryo Adoption is Not an Option, for Catholics or Anyone Else: A Reply to Dr. Elizabeth Rex on LifeSite
I listened with some concern to the recent interview with Dr. Elizabeth Rex on LifeSite news, "The Moral Crisis of IVF: Can Catholics Adopt Frozen Embryos?". During the discussion, Dr. Rex quoted selectively, incompletely...
Nota in Brevis
God’s Daughter, Margaret Clitherow
Please do enjoy this podcast on the great English saint Margaret Clitherow, or Clitheroe - spelling was variable back then, and even her contemporary Shakespeare's name was spelled any number of different ways. She...
