Canisius, Cantius and Catechetics
In this last week of Advent, there are two saints, oft overlooked, celebrated in a muted way each year: Peter Canisius (1521 – 1597), a Dutch Jesuit who traversed... Read more.
Wherefore Romance?
Like the seemingly inextinguishable California wildfires, the aptly named ‘Pervnado’ continues its own incineration of the careers of various media and... Read more.
Am I not your Mother?
We celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe today, a commemoration elevated to a feast on the eve of the Third Millennium by Pope John Paul II, who also declared her patroness... Read more.
The Pope of the Vulgate
Today we celebrate Pope Damasus, who in his office in the Chair of Peter from 366 to 384, greatly influenced the history of the Church: It was he who presided... Read more.
The Pope and the Acta
What are we to say about Pope Francis placing into the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (the official compilation of Magisterial texts) the interpretation of the Argentinian... Read more.
God’s Most Perfect Creation
A blessed and joyous solemnity of the Immaculate Conception to all Catholic Insight readers. Pope Blessed Pius IX, Pio Nono, proclaimed the doctrine of Our Lady’s... Read more.
Same Sex ‘Marriage’ in the Land Down Under
Well, it has happened, as expected: After a rather perfunctory debate, Australia has caught up with history and the current mind-numbing zeitgeist and, like another... Read more.
Minimum Wage Follies
One might think that the intended raising of the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2019 is a Wynne win for the little guy, struggling away to make ends meet, flipping... Read more.
When Harry met Meaghan
The headline reads: ‘Meaghan Markle is the strong, modern, feminist princess we need right now’. In case you have not heard, Prince Harry, the younger... Read more.
Saint Andrew’s Scotland
Today is the feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle, brother of Saint Peter, patron of Scotland, Russia, Ukraine and Greece, for reasons that are somewhat historically tenuous. ... Read more.