Catholic Insight

On this July 17th, 1870, the First Vatican Council solemnly declared the doctrine of infallibility – infallibly. The prelude to the definition was surrounded with controversy, with figures such as Cardinal Newman warning that,...

On a warm July 17, in the year 1717, King George II sailed down the Thames with a group of nobles, followed by a barge filled with musicians playing a new trio of suites...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. (Saint Camillus de Lellis, +1614)

It is easy to love the people far away.  It is not always easy to love those close to us.  Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other...

Ideas have consequences, and few more dire than the idea of that one can transition one’s gender. The notion that our bodies may be manipulated and transformed at will has its roots in the...

Run while you have the light of life! (Saint Benedict of Nursia, +543)

Bach's Trio Sonatas for the organ were penned after 1723, a time when he dedicated himself to instrumental music, in part to teach his children and improve the flexibility of their fingers (I'll say!)....