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Catholic Insight

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

Author: Stephen Roney

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Stephen Roney

Stephen K. Roney is a semi-retired English professor. Educated to a fine point at Queen’s, Syracuse, and Ryerson universities, he is a past president of the Editors’ Association of Canada. He has written previously for Catholic Insight, and for such publications as the Toronto Star, Report newsmagazine, Joongang Ilbo, and others at home and abroad. He has spent much of his career in Asia.

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The Quality of Mercy

by Stephen Roney December 28, 2022 0

(On this feast of the Holy Innocents, here is a reflection on true, and false, mercy by contributor Stephen Roney. We will have more on this topic, an a propos one... Read more.

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Are Fairies Catholic?

by Stephen Roney June 2, 2020 1

Are fairies good Christians? Many say they are not; that they are actually shrunken idols, worshipped into later ages by the people of the fens, the “heathen”... Read more.

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Do Cats Go to Heaven?

by Stephen Roney May 4, 2020 0

(The Church in her official capacity does not speak much of animals, except in their relation to us humans. They don’t have intrinsic ‘rights’, but only in... Read more.

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Ontario’s Holy Lands

by Stephen Roney November 29, 2018 0

I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario. These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing Catholic churches that became... Read more.