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

Month: May 2025

Ice Saints

No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer weather in the spring, Saints Mamertus, St. Pancras, St. Servatius and Saint Boniface of Tarsus. We may add also in our new calendar Saints Matthias and Ignatius of Laconi. It was commonly[…]

Victoria’s Regina Coeli

A truly sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung by the ensemble Voces8. This work was first published in 1576, at the height of the Catholic Restoration. So, in light of today’s Fourth Sunday in Easter, here’s to a true reform of the Church through truth, goodness[…]

Thoughts on Motherhood from the Saints

This Fourth Sunday of Easter is also Mother’s Day in certain countries, Canada, United States, India, Australia as well as many parts of Europe, including our tiny Island of Malta. Its purpose is to celebrate those mothers who sacrificed their life for their children. From our Catholic standpoint, Mother’s Day is not only a day[…]

The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength… It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us. He gives Himself every day so that our hearts as burning coals may set afire the hearts of the faithful. (Saint Damien of Molokai, +1889)

Why is There a Pope?

“I pray that you will be one as I and the Father are one.” John 17:21 A Protestant friend of mine once asked why Catholics need a pope since a pope is not even mentioned in the Gospels. But there are few Catholic doctrines more provable from Scripture than the doctrine of papal succession from[…]

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