Catholic Insight

I was never a big fan of the Harry Potter books, for various reasons. I tried to read one - I was not their target audience, in age or proclivity - and just could...

Saint Richard of Chichester (+1253) was a mediaeval bishop in Sussex - now the patron saint of that bucolic region in the south of England, whence hailed Hilaire Belloc. I'm not sure if he...

Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that I did not know, and somehow missed, that back on...

(Last words are always - or almost always - indicative, and one could reach much into these words of Pope Benedict XVI on his last Easter Vigil as Pope. The light cannot be extinguished,...

Popule Meus, by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Christ's lament from the Cross, 'My People, what have I done to you, or in how have I offended you? Answer me!' https://youtu.be/bH8t5BKI7Qg The Reproaches, also by Victoria, who wrote...

Here we go, with another 'leap' in the A.I. revolution, digital copies being made of products, factories, towns, villages, animals and, ambitiously, of ourselves, our organs, even the entire universe: https://www.noemamag.com/a-digital-twin-might-just-save-your-life/ I'm not sure about digital...

Katherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, as readers are likely aware, has just made a moving public announcement that she is suffering from cancer.  She speaks stoically, but there must be much emotion behind the...

"Christ became obedient for us even to death, death on the Cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above every other name" (Gospel acclamation). We have used these words of...