True Mercy and False Sentimentality: An Address
We hear much of mercy, which in its Latin original is derived from miser (sad) and cordia (heart). In his one question in the...
Saint Faustina’s Merciful Jubilee
A blessed Second Sunday of Easter, or Sunday in the Octave of Easter or, now, Divine Mercy Sunday, proclaimed so by Pope (now Saint)...
A Personal Reflection on Truly Accompanying the Dying
(A few years ago, we published the following letter, which was sent to Catholic Insight in response to my brief posting on the letter...
The Upside-Down of Moral Relativism
Very often we hear it said that when tackling thorny questions, two heads are better than one. As for considering the many facets of...
Song of Creation: An Easter Poem
They who hear the song love the singer
Music promising light from darkness
Peace and life ever...
Christus Surrexit Vere, Alleluia!
A blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, and may the grace of the Risen Christ fill your hearts with a faith, hope...
Women and the State
Yet another female premier has been ousted from office after a single term. Is it too impolite, not to say politically incorrect, to ask...
The Real and Present Presence of Christ
Often, the simplest facts are the most important—and the most frequently unadverted to. Take the Last Supper, for instance. Obviously, the Apostles had to...
Fr. William Lloyd Ryan
(In the spirit of Holy Thursday, dedicated to the priesthood, what follows is an article on the late, great Father William Lloyd Ryan, written...
Pope Saint John Paul II’s Last Passion Sunday
(This is the last of Pope Saint John Paul II's Passion-Palm Sunday homilies, given in 2004, before his own passion and death the following...