How Catholic is Kaine?
A recent flattering article in the New Yorker describes Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential running mate, as a "devout Roman Catholic." Not only that,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ephraim the Deacon
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Saint Ephrem
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Common opinion today supposes Christianity to be a European religion which subsequently...
Venezuela, Socialism & the Popes
Venezuela is in freefall. Food and medicine shortages, power cuts and hyperinflation are driving millions of Venezuelans out of the country, creating a new...
A Reply to Apologetics 101: Question 1: Proving that God Does Indeed Exist
Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from contributor Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith.
This...
Saint Thomas and Merit
(Here is, for your perusal, Saint Thomas' teaching on charity - or divine-like love, 'willing the good' - is the principle of merit, rather...
The Late, Great, Saint Augustine
On August 28th, we celebrate with great joy the feast day of St Augustine of Hippo, the great doctor of the Church.
This fourth and...
First Sunday of Advent: The Fulfilment of Revelation
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36).
The first Sunday of Advent marks...
Looking Upon the Cross of Christ
At the sight of that Cross for which Jesus said:Â When I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself (John...
The Insanity of our Brave New World
James Christian Aggeles is a paranoid schizophrenic with various personality disorders and grandiose delusions, which came to the forefront after he donated sperm to Xytex,...
Ascension, Bishops and the Church
When was the Church founded? Many would say that it emerged from the opened side of Jesus on the cross, like a new Eve...
