Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Speaking to her beloved Romeo, Juliet says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” In this famous Shakespearean line, Juliet poetically testifies to the conventionality of human names. That is, human words, whether written or spoken, signify what they signify thanks to our common[…]
“1917 was the Balfour Declaration establishing Israel for the nations, 2017 was Trump’s declaration.” Yakov Hayman, chairman of the United Temple Movement It’s been a year of important centennials commemorating that watershed year 1917. A year marking Fatima, the Russian Revolution and the Balfour Declaration – the latter of which has been[…]
There’s one thing about movies that I very much like: it’s the one art form that everyone feels himself qualified to comment on. Take me, for instance. I know next to nothing about making movies; don’t ask me what a “best boy” is or a “grip.” I’m not even sure what role producers play in[…]
We celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe today, a commemoration elevated to a feast on the eve of the Third Millennium by Pope John Paul II, who also declared her patroness of all of ‘America’, south, central, and north, a vast expanse of land from the Arctic circle to Tierra del Fuego jutting towards Antarctica. Appearing[…]
Today we celebrate Pope Damasus, who in his office in the Chair of Peter from 366 to 384, greatly influenced the history of the Church: It was he who presided over the Synod of Rome in 382 which determined the Canon of Scripture (definitively decreed over a millennium later at the Council of Trent in[…]
The forearm of the most famous missionary saint is coming to Canada, January 3 to February 2, as part of a 14-city visit organized by the Archdiocese of Ottawa, the Canadian Jesuits and Catholic Christian Outreach, a national university student movement. “Saint Francis Xavier is one of the most revered saints of all time,” says[…]
What are we to say about Pope Francis placing into the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (the official compilation of Magisterial texts) the interpretation of the Argentinian bishops of Amoris Laetitia, that divorced and remarried Catholics may in certain cases receive Communion, along with his own hand-written note that ‘no other interpretation is possible’? Well, for one[…]
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the most unique of all Catholic dogmas, not only theologically and historically, but also socially and psychologically. The dogma’s wide-spread application reaches far beyond mere dry theological formulas as it affects the deepest human beliefs and sentiments. Since its theology encompasses the essence of[…]
Justin Trudeau has returned empty-handed from his trip to China, hoping to secure a free-trade deal, or at least talks leading to such a deal, or talks leading to talks, or…well, something. Poor Justin, with his ums and ahs interrupting his rather vague speeches, his smirky smile and boyish looks, makes not an imposing presence,[…]
A blessed and joyous solemnity of the Immaculate Conception to all Catholic Insight readers. Pope Blessed Pius IX, Pio Nono, proclaimed the doctrine of Our Lady’s perpetual sinlessness on this day in 1854, in the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus. Four years later, the Virgin appeared a number of times to the young peasant girl, Bernadette[…]
