Catholic Insight

Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World

Catholic Insight

Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World

Year: 2021

The Covid Vaccine: Formal and Material Cooperation, and the Principle of Double Effect

Opinions on the ‘vaccine’ range from those who see it as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality – whatever that may now mean – all the way to those adamant that they will never take the hastily approved conspiratorial concoction, come hell or high water. There is a widening divide[…]

Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.[…]

A Chiming Clock: Strengthening the Family with the Wisdom of St. Benedict’s Rule  

As lockdowns continue and children and students are confined to attend school from home, increasingly it would seem, there is a need to structure the obligations of family life, work, study and even prayer in the confines of a single dwelling; a condition not unlike a monastery. St. Benedict of Nursia, (480-547) the Father of[…]

Persevere at your duty, take pleasure in doing it, and grow old at your work. Do not be astonished at the sinner’s achievements; trust the Lord and keep to your duty…Call no man fortunate before his death; it is by his end that a man will be known. (cf., Ecclesiasticus, 11)

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