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
We just received this notification, signifying that there still is truth, justice and good news in this world: I would like to inform you that the high court of Australia has just reached a verdict to free George Cardinal Pell. All the judges involved in the case unanimously quashed his conviction and he will be[…]
To those advocating enforced inside enclosure to ‘contain the virus’ and ‘flatten the curve’ – house arrest, if you will, for both the hale and healthy, as well the sick and ailing – please do read over this wise advice from a medical professional. Evidence of the proven beneficial effects of sunlight and fresh air[…]
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD After agreeing to baptize Him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed Him out as the “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same[…]
The Coronavirus saga continues. As an older friend of mine – a healthy and vigorous late-septuagenarian – put it to me recently, he’s not sick of the virus, but he’s sick of the virus. As are we all. Doug Ford is warning of ‘enhanced measures’ to contain the spread of infection, whatever that ominous and[…]
An Open Letter from Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, to the German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. Professor Bhakdi calls for an urgent reassessment of the response to Covid-19 and asks the Chancellor five crucial questions. The letter is dated March 26. Dear Chancellor, As Emeritus of[…]
The Bishop of Boise, Idaho, Peter F. Christensen, has specifically forbidden his priests, even in their ultra-private Masses now mandated, from celebrating ‘ad orientem’. We’ve got to stop all those young rebels, it seems, reverting back to retrograde eras of yesteryear. His Excellency states that this is mandated by the new (2011) General Introduction to[…]
Dear Readers of Catholic Insight, In these days of self-isolation and social distancing – terms that were almost unused until a few weeks ago – I thought that a beginning a podcast, a living voice, might help some. This is a new thing, and if it is not amenable or helpful, please do say so,[…]
We are getting towards the latter days of the great journey of Lent, – and this has been a Lent to end all Lents, at least in our brief lifetimes. The word ‘Lent’ is derived from an olde-Germanico-English word for ‘spring’, as in renewal, rejuvenation, a pruning and winnowing, so that new and vibrant growth[…]
I am in the midst of writing a reflection on our current – well, what shall we call it? – situation? crisis? apocalypse? all of the above? In the meantime, this article from the Spectator on the evidence not being quite as clear as we – and even the experts – might think, helps puts[…]
