Catholic Insight

A young Karol Wojtyla, while discerning his vocation as he matured in his hometown of Wadowice, thought of becoming a Carmelite, drawn to their contemplative life and deep spirituality, prayer, devotion to Our Lady,...

The Saint Gregory the Great Institute has just released the first of their video series on the 'wisdom of the founders of Western civilization', aptly named 'Reasonable Passions', as opposed to the destructive 'unreasonable'...

The headline today declares, Federal memo considers legal action against social media posting false info admitting that it is not (yet) clear what action 'federal lawyers' would take. Hmm. It goes on: A 35-page memo to Federal Industry...

The following query was sent along, and we will answer each question briefly: Have you addressed the reasons why SSPX feels a need to appoint bishops in the first place? I can't think of any...

Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336) was of royal descent, the great-niece of the ‘other’ Saint Elizabeth, of Hungary. Like her great-aunt, she was a queen, wife, mother, widow, peacemaker and Third Order Franciscan. After her...

You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful. Sadness ought to be banished from Catholic...

One of the more joyful and attractive saints of modern times died on this day in 1925 at the youthful age of 24, Pier Giorgio Frassati, a handsome, athletic, talented Italian from an aristocratic...

In the glow of Canada-Dominion Day, here is the original version of O, Canada, which was written in French, in Quebec – Canada was French before she adopted English as as second language –...