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Nota in Brevis
Good Friday and War
On the theme of suffering on this Good Friday, there is a pertinent and evocative reflection by James Bogle on OnePeterFive on the bombing of Japanese Catholicism - that is, the unnecessary destruction of...
Nota in Brevis
The Mystery of the Massacre in Moscow
What we seem to know of what happened in Moscow, is that four gunmen stormed a sold-out concert, killed at least 137 people - many more, up to 200, were injured, some critically. But...
Editor's Corner
Power, Authority and the Rhinoceros
(Another re-post, which I hope helps the reader see his way through our current thicket)
G.K. Chesterton once quipped that a rhinoceros in a china shop has all the power, but no authority. The curator,...
Editor's Corner
The Limits of Papal Authority
(In light of Pope Francis' recent comments that those who refused to get the Covid 'vaxx' is tantamount to quasi-suicide, here are my thoughts in his previous exhortation on this controversial topic from two...
Editor's Corner
Ite Ad Ioseph!
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers!
The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for our troubled times: Husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...
Editor's Corner
Entropy and the Last Word
When Sadi Carnot formulated the Second Law of Thermodynamics in the early 19th century, a law also known as the law of entropy, people did not at first believe it, or want to believe...
Articles
One Species of Human?
I'm not sure how much of Dr. Robin May's presentation (posted below) of the human fossil record is science, or fiction - like most hypothetical theories without a whole lot of evidence, probably a...
Editor's Corner
Let’s Be Clear: IVF is Intrinsically Evil
IVF, like its inverted cousin, contraception, is a flash point between Catholics and Protestants - and even amongst Catholics themselves - witness Mr. Biden's dissent. Many of our separated brethren are against abortion, at...
