Of Holy Families, Peace and Good Will Toward Men
Today's feast of the Holy Family reminds us of the fundamental importance of this 'basic building block' of each and every society, not just...
Of Silence, Saint Death and Saint John
Feel free to peruse an article I just finished on Shuasku Endo's controversial novel Silence, published in 1966, and now soon to be released...
Pope John Paul II’s Final Christmas Address
For putting us spiritually into the Christmas spirit, here is the Pope Saint John Paul II's final Christmas address, from 2004, which seems now...
Christmas Terror
As a number of pundits have predicted, there was a terrorist attack in Berlin, at a Christmas festival, with a multi-ton 'lorry' smashing full...
Italian Marriage, Atlantic Bishops and Continuing Mayhem
From the extinction of marriage files: Italy is considering officially removing the 'fidelity' aspect in the promises of legal marriage; no longer will one...
Would A Real Conservative Please Stand Up?
Patrick Brown continues his castration of the Conservative Party of Ontario, this time rebuking a fellow MPP for making some off-hand comments about the...
Ad Multos Annos, Father de Valk!
Father Alphonse de Valk, Founding Editor of Catholic Insight, celebrated the 51st anniversary of his ordination quite fittingly on December 11th, the eve of...
Dial M for Mayhem
It was sad in this season of joy to read of two recent murders by Muslims. One was of a young medical student, Maria...
Neo Pagan Micro Aggression
Today is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (see my note to the side), so it as with some dismay that I read this...
Further Thoughts on Pat and Sam
As I mentioned in the slightly revised version of my Sam against the Leviathan article, young Sam Oosterhoff, as the balanced but unsympathetic Michael...