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Nota in Brevis
Tragedies, Evils and the Still, Small Voice
Tragedy in Christchurch, New Zealand, the bucolic land of sheep and Lord of the Rings, where murder is about as rare as it can be in this post-Cain world, as at least 49 people...
Editor's Corner
The Limits of Artificial âIntelligenceâ
The gauntlet has now been thrown down, that computers, or more specifically artificial intelligence will soon be able to create more perfect art than humans. This prediction, or threat, depending upon your point of...
Nota in Brevis
Cardinal Pell’s Innocence and Collegial Guilt
As justice has it, each of us deserves his day in court, and should be deemed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. But such does not always ensure justice is done. That is why...
Book
Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life
August Turak has written a delightful little book â and by âlittleâ, I mean the term in a way similar to Christâs usage of the term, humble, simple, without much in the way of...
Editor's Corner
Frances of Rome and the Taoiseach of Ireland
In the most troubled of times, God raises up saints as exemplars and intercessors, and Frances of Rome is no exception. Born into privilege in 1384, she lived through tumultuous times, with Rome ravaged...
Editor's Corner
Will a Real Women’s Day Please Stand Up?
I am all for honouring women, but International Womenâs Day â which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified to âWomxnâsâ Day â is an international disaster. Born at...
Editor's Corner
The Ultimate Gift of Perpetua and Felicity
Today is also the feast â a commemoration now, in the Lenten calendar of the Novus Ordo â of the early martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, put to death likely in the year 203. This...
Editor's Corner
Thomas’ Enduring Legacy
Today is the anniversary of the death of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In March of 1274, he fell ill on his way to the second Council of Lyons, and so retired to the Cistercian monastery of...
