The Limits of Papal Authority, and the Covid Vaccine
Pope Francis has added the heft of his papal authority to the question of the Covid vaccine in a television recent interview:
I believe that...
The Covid Vaccine: Formal and Material Cooperation, and the Principle of Double Effect
Opinions on the 'vaccine' range from those who see it as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality - whatever...
Coup, Coup, Ubi Es Tu?
Whatever happened on Capitol Hill last week cannot be described as a ‘coup’, and the charge of 'attempted coup' cannot be placed at the...
Negativity and Positivity
Why do we love bad news so much? Here's some intriguing thoughts, and why people in this age of instant, ubiquitous social media are...
Lockdowns and the Proportion of Fear
Just after Christmas, - at least they waited until after, and we must count all our blessings - Mr. Doug Ford decreed another interminable...
Saint Raymond, Pope Benedict and the Code of Canon Law
Today is the feast of Saint Raymond of Penyafort (1175-1275), one of the first Dominicans (officially known as the Order of Preachers) eventually becoming...
The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of...
Of Far Off Island Lees and the Lies of the Land
On this first day of January in 1739, French explorer Jean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovered an island in the South Sea -...
Year of Saint Joseph: The Shadow of the Father
On this solemnity of Mary's Divine Motherhood, it's good also to be reminded of her husband's quasi-divine Fatherhood, as we begin this 'Year of...
Father Reginald Foster, The Vatican’s Latinist: Requiescat in Pace
Father Reginald Foster, O.C.D, died on Christmas Eve from complications arising from Covid-19. (Yes, I know - people across America are dying with bullet...
