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Nota in Brevis
Labour Day
Yesterday, North Korea purportedly test-detonated a hydrogen bomb, raising the tension in the region, and raising the prospect of yet-again the use of nuclear weapons in combat. I have posted today an article I...
Editor's Corner
Gay Wizards and the Benedict Option
I enjoyed a discussion recently with some priest friends on the Benedict Option, particularly as this applies to education. How much do we 'retreat' from the world and its current anti-Christian, even anti-rational, culture,...
Nota in Brevis
Juvenal Ancina
Today is the memorial of Blessed Juvenal Ancina, not much known in the wider world, but a beatified member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, and the only one of the 'beati' to...
Editor's Corner
Witnessing to the Truth
The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist, or more colloquially his beheading, is a memorial in the Church, unlike his birth, commemorated on June 29th, celebrated as a solemnity. Most saints, the day of...
Nota in Brevis
More on the Bomb
I have received some feedback on my article on the atomic bombings, both positive and negative. The 'comments' section below the article in Crisis signifies a deep, moral division, even amongst conservative and otherwise...
Editor's Corner
Of Hiroshima and Houston
I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine on the evils of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, responding to an author (Deacon Jim Russell) who wrote on August 7th (between the...
Nota in Brevis
Boxing Blues
Tonight is the fight between Floyd Mayweather, a seasoned 40 year old boxer who has never lost a professional match, and Conor McGregor, a 27 year old MMA fighter who has only been in...
Blogs
Pope Francis on Liturgy
If you have a few moments, read and ponder the Holy Father's recent address on matters liturgical. Nothing absolutely new, but the trend of things is evident. We will see where all this goes,...
