Prophetic Parodies

• I’m not sure if that anti-rape dancing video we posted recently was a parody, but the influx of migrants does not seem to be. The Camp of the Saints, which was a parodic novel, which has nearly reached its fifth decade, instead seems prescient, as Erdogan promises to allow ‘millions’ of migrants pour into Europe from the Middle East and regions beyond, via Turkey.

It seems a self-evident truth that not all cultures are equal. The Judeo-Christian heritage which built what we know as ‘Europe’, which in turn laid the foundations for Canada and the United States, has no equivalent in history. Everything from the rights of Man to the right of private property, to participation in government, to the right to life and liberty as persons made in God’s image – all of this exists nowhere in its integrity except in those cultures formed and immersed in the fullness of Catholic truth.

Which, of course, is why the million-march of migrants wants to come here, instead of, say Afghanistan or Kazakhstan, where there’s lots of open space.

The migrants better hurry, for we are losing our culture – because we’re losing our religion, in the ironic ballad of R.E.M. The juggernaut of death continues steamrolling over this fair land: With the loosening of restrictions of euthanasia – as was to be expected,

logical will follow, including coercion. The Irene Thomas hospice outside Vancouver has now been forced to close. They offered to reduce their share of government funding, but the British Columbia health authority refused – comply by killing your patients, or allowing them to be killed, or you will be shut down. As has come to pass. So there goes one safe haven of true palliative care, and the rest will now fall like dominoes. All that will soon stand are charnel houses of death, as the government seems determined that the full range of ‘medical services’ – including murder-suicide bordering on the coercive – must be open to all.

Canada has become the most death-friendly regime in the world – with the possible exceptions of China and North Korea – killing off its citizens, from up to the point of birth, to just before the point of death, and now encroaching on everything in-between.

In the novel, there is one last redoubt of Christian civilization, but in real life, there will be more. God will never abandon His Church, nor His people – and, who knows, perhaps those millions will recognize the fullness of the truth, be converted, and rebuild what is left of Europe in full splendour and glory.

We can always hope, even, or especially, against hope.

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→