People’s Republic of Insanity

Dr. Don DeMarco, a Canadian, conservative, orthodox philosophy professor – a rare bird – has penned an all-too-real description of the state of Canada as an authoritarian, more-or-less communist regime, just primed for the jackboots, metaphorical or otherwise. Already the pressure is on to ‘conform’, subtle for now, but getting more overt with each passing day, it seems. As the adage goes, resistance is futile, just assimilate. I for one prefer to live free or die. Or, in a more Catholic mode, to live free in the truth which makes us free, or die in the trying.

Idol worship is evil. In fact, one of the worst, for it is the manifestation of a deeper apostasy from the Faith, making something to be one’s ‘god’ that is not God. External acts may signify such idolatry, but idolatry exists primarily in the heart of man, where we all must make that decision for or against God and His Christ: He is not with me, is against me. The Pachamama debacle is one problem, but one wonders how much idolatry there is out there, with the more subtle and insidious ‘worship’ of money, fame, power, prestige, privilege, pleasure. Whatever one concludes on the casting of the Pachamamas to the bottom of the Tiber – which may or may not go down in history like Boniface’s oak – the primary evil we must root out is that idolatry in our hearts, or at least the temptation thereto.

The scene in front of the Toronto library was a disgrace: Protestors protesting – some, calling themselves ‘activists’, do this for a living, it seems – Meaghan Murphy raising questions on ‘transgender’ women – that is, biological males with most or all of the male apparatus – using female washrooms and change rooms. Ms. Murphy argues quite rightly that this is a violation of the freedom and rights of women, to say nothing of girls, particularly their right to privacy in washrooms and change rooms not to have themselves exposed to men, and vice versa, pardon the homonymic pun. Males who think they are females, are still males, for that is God’s decision to make.

As proof thereof, witness – or, then again, don’t – the ‘drag queen’ who revealed his crotch, whether inadvertently or not, to a group of school children at a story hour. As one commentator put it, some day someone going to go to jail for this. Perhaps. But I’d worry more about Hell, for we will certainly all face our judgement before that most just of Judges, who has some harsh words about those who scandalize His little ones.

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→