Catholic Insight
Deus Benedicat Americae
Well, the polls are in, and so is Donald Trump, for a second term as president of the United States of America.
Trump may not...
Two Complementary Requiems
On this All Souls' Day, here are two Requiems, which commemorate the dead with beauty and transcendence, and may accompany our prayers this day.
The...
Google – Don’t Be Evil
Google's motto - replete with irony - was 'don't be evil'. They dropped that in 2018, although it's still apparently somewhere in their code...
St Charles Borromeo, Man of God and Servant of the Church
Today, Monday 4 November 2024, as we are celebrating the feast of St Charles Borromeo, one instinctively moves my heart, the receptivity and the...
Would the Real ‘Fascist’ Please Stand Up?
The term 'fascism' gets a lot of traction in politics, even if few of us could strictly define it. The etymology derives from the...
Prayer to Mary Immaculate for the United States
At this critical time, readers may want to join in a novena to the patroness of the United States, Our Lady under the title...
Blessed Terence O’Brien and Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez
This penultimate day in October - all hallowe'ed eve's eve - is the memorial of the Irish bishop and martyr, Terence O'Brien (1601-1651), put...
Untrammeled Immigration: A Reply to a Reader
A reader sent in the following comment:
Your stated goal “endeavours to foster the *culture of life* by reporting truthfully, critically, contextually, and … guided...
Bill Gates on the Hot Seat
There's more than a little schadenfreude in seeing Bill Gates put through his paces by this doughty interviewer. The commentator is right when he...
Tallis, and Verily, Verily I Say Unto Thee
As we commemorated the other day the 'Forty Martyrs of England and Wales' - chosen amongst the countless host put to death for their...
