Catholic Insight

I was reading some of the corollary to the martyrs we celebrate today, the numerous 'pages' of King Mwanga put to death for resisting his unnatural sexual advances. He had them burned alive, an...

There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. ~ Saint Jean Vianney

No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false. (Saint Justin Martyr, +165)

The local newspaper of the area in which I happen to live published an editorial a few weeks ago, claiming that those who have reservations about the draconian Covid protocols are like 'bad fruit'...

In honour of the Most Holy Trinity, Palestrina's Veni Sancte Spiritus, for four voices, first published in 1575. https://youtu.be/J0FdXADkCzs Compare with his later (1589) Veni Creator Spiritus, based on the ancient Gregorian chant: https://youtu.be/2wZud4MT3uw

Each person considered in himself is entirely God. . . the three considered together. . . I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendour. I...

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to...

(What follows is an exchange with a faithful reader, having his own qualms about 'virtual' Masses - I thought our dialogue, slightly adapted, might help others. The reader's questions are in italics, and my...