It is called after the Dutch Carmelite priest-journalist Blessed Titus Brandsma, who lived in Ireland for a period in the 1930s and was subsequently martyred by the Nazis.
Éamon Casey as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora in 1992 and since then it has consistently opposed euthanasia, embryo experimentation, and abortion.
At the same time, the Review tries to cultivate a broad presentation of Catholic culture and has correspondents in North America, Europe and the Australasia.
It sometimes publishes articles by non-Catholics (generally Evangelical Protestants and eastern Orthodox, but sometimes Jews, Muslims and conservative secularists have contributed) on matters of common concern.
Among the contributors to the magazine are Mel Cormican, David Manly, and the campaigner on many social issues Dr Joe McCarroll.