Manifesting Holiness
Cardinal Mueller’s Manifesto continues to create quite the stir, opening up what seems be a deep division within the Vatican. What that division signifies has itself yet to be clarified, but it has something to do with those who seek clarity and precision – two hallmarks of theology, as I will never tire of repeating – against those who, for whatever reason, prefer some level of ambiguity and fluidity. What we can hope most surely is that the truth will win out in the end; it always does, and always will. Hold fast to it, or, rather, to Him, His Church, His teaching.
The divide is widening between who of us may be revealed at the end as the sheep and the goats, and certain issues, such as abortion, reveal where one’s treasure really resides. Yet even at a practical, intellectual level we see those who support policies which works, and those who support what can only be termed insane policies. The Democractic ‘Green New Deal’ being a case in point, with the plan to ban air travel, fossil fuels, and more or less the much of the modern world. ‘Unhinged’ is too modest a word. In some ways, it is getting ever-easier to choose the right side.
On that note, yet another scurrilous book is being issued, claiming a majority of the higher-up clergy in Rome are ‘gay’, which I hoped meant happy, joyful, as in ‘don we now our gay apparel’, but I digress from the topic and the season. The author is himself ‘active homosexual’, with a metaphysical chip in his shoulder to prove what he likely already believes, who spent ‘months’ in Rome ‘interviewing’ various people. I am reminded of that quip of Mark Twain’s, that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Caveat lector.
On a more hopeful note, the Holy Father has signed a decree approving Cardinal John Henry Newman’s second miracle – the cure of a pregnant woman – which means he will likely be canonized this year. Newman had his faults and foibles – upon much of which he wrote in his own inimitable way – all of them properly British and Victorian, but ones of which he was aware, and which he strove to overcome. Saints are sinners who realize they are sinners, and try to change that fact, however, gradually and incrementally. So long as we die moving the right way, as did Blessed John Henry Newman.
Carney’s Amoral Majority
After five defections – euphemistically described as ‘crossing the floor’ – and three by-elections, Mark Carney and his Liberals how have their coveted majority. One wonders what bowls of pottage were offered in back-room deals. In the archaic monarchical system that is the Dominion of Canada, this majority allows the newly-minted Prime Minister to rule[…]Continue reading→
Saint Kateri , Canada’s Protectress
This was the title given to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, by Pope Benedict XVI, when he canonized her on October 28th, 2012, along with six others, in Saint Peter’ Square (she had been beatified by Pope John Paul II back in 1980). With Saint Joseph as our protector, along with the Canadian martyrs, we seem to[…]Continue reading→
A Closed, Unsustainable, Descending Loop
As a follow-up to my thoughts on Payette’s payout, here be a stark image of where are here in Canada. As the graph shows in, well, graphic terms, since 2025, the public sector has contributed to 95.5% of economic growth. The private sector – which funds the public sector, or is supposed to – has[…]Continue reading→
A Tale of Two Benedicts
A grace-filled Holy Week to all our readers! As we await and prepare for the Resurrection about to dawn upon us, we might keep in mind two Benedicts: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, requiescat in pace, elected on this day in 2005; and today’s commemoration of the mystic pilgrim, Benedict Joseph Labre, who died on this[…]Continue reading→
My Name is Bernadette
April 16th is a propitious day, for besides the anniversary of Father de Valk’s death, who founded Catholic Insight in its print form decades ago, and the commemoration of the ‘two Benedicts’, mentioned in accompanying posts, today we also recall Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the young visionary to whom the Virgin Mary appeared numerous times at[…]Continue reading→
Presidential Pardon of Weronika Krawczyk
As a good news, follow-up to our story from Poland, of the persecution of Weronika Krawczyk for her pro-life views, we heard that she has been granted a presidential pardon. One might still wonder why one needs a presidential pardon for simply holding the long-held belief that the child within the womb is a child,[…]Continue reading→
Saint Lydwina of Schiedam and Suffering Joyfully
Saint Lydwina of Schiedam (1380 – 1433) was one of the countless and glorious ‘victim souls’ in the history of the Church, those whose lives are filled with suffering, often of an unimaginable intensity, but who suffer joyfully. She was a fifteen-year old Dutch girl, out skating one day, when she fell and broke one[…]Continue reading→
The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus
As we enter into Eastertide, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of the noblest, if most tragic, of the successors of Saint Peter. Born in Umbria, Italy, he was of noble lineage, with great intelligence combined with charity and love of the poor and the Church. While still[…]Continue reading→
Pope Leo and a Rosary for Peace
Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics across the world to join him in a Rosary for peace today, at 18:00 Rome time (6 pm), which would be noon from where I write (EST). If you are able, whether at that time or another, and in whatever way you pray, to join in intercession with the[…]Continue reading→
Payette’s Payout
I was glancing through some headlines, and noticed a mention of Julie Payette – engineer and astronaut and sometime the Queen’s representative in Canada – which brought back vague memories. She was appointed Governor-General by Justin Trudeau in 2017. Ms. Payette resigned in 2021, amidst claims that she created a ‘toxic work environment’, with allegations[…]Continue reading→