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
Saint Agapitus, an early Roman martyr (+274) was from the ancient family of Palestrina, from which, 1300 years later, would derive one of the greatest of the Church’s choral polyphonists, of eponymous name. Agapitus, who did not bear any children, was captured in the persecution of Aurelian, tortured – the statue shows him upside down, which[…]
On this day in 1798, in the midst of a brutal persecution, Our Lady, holding her Son and with two angels at either side, appeared to a group of Vietnamese Catholics, who had fled to the rain forest to hide, and where many fell seriously ill. Like the good mother she is, Our Lady instructed[…]
(Many readers of Catholic Insight likely have some, shall we say, issues with Pope Francis, and his actions of late – his ambiguous if not outright puzzling and confusing statements on fundamental moral issues, his support for dubious if not scandalous clerics and so on. The upcoming synod may provoke outright schism, on which we[…]
Abstract Are you an “investigator” or maybe a “peacemaker’ or someone who would be known as a “helper” or “achiever?” Maybe you are the enthusiastic lover of excitements or an individualist. Many of us want to know who we are and, ideally, have a simple method to get to the answer of who we are[…]
Thanks to my Irish Catholic mother and 12 years with the good sisters of six parochial schools and four more years at the University of Notre Dame, I am not among the 10% in this country who are atheists. Many non-believers who have made a serious effort to consider whether God exists would write me[…]
So then, the great Mother of God, so mysteriously united to Jesus Christ from all eternity by the same decree of predestination, immaculately conceived, an intact virgin throughout her divine motherhood, a noble associate of our Redeemer as he defeated sin and its consequences, received, as it were, the final crowning privilege of being preserved[…]
From a different time and a different era, here is a clip of Pope Pius XII declaring the dogma of the Assumption back in 1950, with 700,000 of the faithful crammed into. Saint Peter’s square. And who does not want to bring back the sedia gestatoria, along with the triple tiara! I thought the woman[…]
“…faith and prayer are forces that can influence history and that in the end prayer is more powerful than bullets and faith more powerful than armies.” (St. John Paul II) August 15th, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, marks the 123rd anniversary of the Miracle on the Vistula River, the event[…]
A brief word on Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the priesthood. Would-be seminarians used to be asked – perhaps they still are – what is the essential nature of the priestly office. The proper answer, of course, is to offer sacrifice – of the Mass, yes, but also of themselves. That is why they wear black,[…]
The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers. (Saint Maximilian Kolbe)
