Nota in Brevis November 25
I am not surprised: Peter Jackson now admits that he made up the Hobbit trilogy more or less as it went along.Ā From the...
It’s a S.T.E.M. World, Baby
A recent article, sponsored by none other than the Royal Bank of Canada, had a list of the top ten āmost valuableā university degrees...
Easter, Popularity and Populism
I hope that all our readers are enjoying their 'week of Sundays' during this Easter Octave, every day a solemnity, to be celebrated with...
The True Treasure of the Church
A blessed and joyful feast of Saint Lawrence to all, one of the very few non-Apostolic saints to be honoured with a full 'feast'....
Leo the Great
Pope Saint Leo the Great, who reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things.Ā With his...
Passions, Ford and Ireland’s Referendum
Adam Childās playful take on womenās dressing, or dressing down, provides a humorous side to the debate on modesty, which does play in some...
Hope in the Immaculate Heart
Today is the commemoration of Saint Columbkille (521-597), the Irish monk-missionary who brought Catholicism from Ireland to Scotland in 563, and thence to the...
The Battle of Vienna and the Holy Name of Mary
September 12th commemorates the Battle of Vienna, the great victory in 1683 of the Christians armies, led by Jan Sobieski, against the Ottoman Turks...
Will Real Evil Please Stand Up?
I am still wondering about the case of Father John McCloskey, the popular ā or once popular - Opus Dei priest, responsible for numerous...
Bulgarian Pilgrimage of Hope
Pope Francis begins his journey ā I like to think of these as pilgrimages, as all our journeys ultimately should be ā to Bulgaria...
