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
I’m not sure what to make of the Holy Father’s most recent comments, again on an airplane back to Rome, from his papal visit to Mauritius and Mozambique. He doubled down on his response to the apparent ‘criticism’ from a certain sector of the Church in America, which seems to have unsettled him, and touched[…]
In honour of the Blessed Virgin, we might peruse Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, which he promulgated on the 25th anniversary of the beginning of his pontificate, October 16th, 2002, about the same time as he re-instituted this memorial of the Holy Name of Mary. Our society needs[…]
The climate-change crowd seem to be testing the bounds of sanity and, pardon the pun, good taste. A Swedish professor, a certain Magnus Söderlund has suggested that one way to fight climate change – reducing our dependence on carbon-heavy meat products – is to develop a taste for human flesh, that is, cannibalism. Macabre as this[…]
On a more positive note on how universities may best fulfill what they were originally founded to do, please do feel free to peruse this article on the thought of Blessed – soon, Deo volente, Saint – John Henry Cardinal Newman, whose Idea of a University offers the architectonic framework of how one should implement[…]
A few thoughts on this Saturday morning in early September, which I hope finds all our readers well. Peruse Paula Adamick’s take on the Church in China, a troubling harbinger of what the future may hold, which is a lot like the past: A Church dominated by secular forces, with their own messianic zeal, a[…]
Pope Francis plans to appoint 13 new Cardinals in a consistory on October 5th. There are currently 215 members of the sacred college, of whom 180 of whom are voting –that is, they are under the canonical limit of having reached the venerable limit of being octogenarian. Ageism! I dare say, for there are any[…]
Our Lady of Czestochowa, the most famous shrine in Poland, and that country’s patroness, is shrouded in mystery. Legend has it that the original was painted – perhaps ‘written’ in Easter terminology – by Saint Luke himself; that the icon was discovered by Saint Helena in 326, and given to her son, Constantine, who brought[…]
A blessed Saturday of Our Lady to all our readers. The custom of dedicating ferial Saturdays – those with no other memorials or feasts on them, and outside of other liturgical seasons – is a fine one, recalling the Mother of our God and Lord the day before the day dedicated to our God and[…]
It seems as though the technical difficulties – so we shall name them – that have plagued the website the past few days have been resolved, and a large thank you to our readers for your patience and ongoing prayers, as well as to the technical help of Jamez Picard. We will be posting new[…]
A blessed feast of Saint Augustine, the great bishop and doctor of the Church! As well, a note to all our faithful Catholic Insight readers: We are having some serious technical issues with the website, blocking our uploading of material, with the exception, at this point, of brief notes. We hope to have the difficulty[…]
