Catholic Insight

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Catholic Insight

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

Day: October 30, 2024

Blessed Terence O’Brien and Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez

This penultimate day in October – all hallowe’ed eve’s eve – is the memorial of the Irish bishop and martyr, Terence O’Brien (1601-1651), put to a brutal death on October 30th for his hand in resisting the siege of the notorious Oliver Cromwell, grand-nephew of Thomas Cromwell. Both Cromwells were bitterly anti-Catholic ideologues, who dispatched[…]

The Courageous Legacy of Blessed Rosario Livatino

October 29th is the liturgical memorial of Blessed Rosario Angelo Livatino who was assassinated by the Sicilian mafia group Stidda on September 21, 1990. His name has become naturally synonymous with the fight against the Mafia. In just 38 years of life, thanks to his incredible dedication for justice and truth, Blessed Rosario Angelo managed[…]

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