Cheating Chat-GPT
In 1950, Alan Turing - one of the inventors of the modern computer, and fresh from helping win the war by designing it to...
Abstaining from Mass and Communion: A Reply to Dr. Kwasniewski
(In light of Saint Anthony Maria Zeccaria, and other saints of the 'devotio moderna' who advocated frequent, even daily, reception of the Eucharist, here...
Power, Authority and the Rhinoceros
(Another re-post, which I hope helps the reader see his way through our current thicket)
G.K. Chesterton once quipped that a rhinoceros in a china...
It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada
Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that...
Science, Pseudoscience…and Miracles
One of the key differences between science and pseudoscience, according to Karl Popper, was falsifiability. Science, properly speaking, presents hypotheses that can be tested,...
Trump 2.0, Redivivus
(This is a revision of a previous post, with some new material – as the theme suggests, it’s difficult to keep up with the...
Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal
Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 - 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the...
But for the grace of God
Every Christmas my family and I read aloud Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. And every Christmas we thoroughly enjoy it and are impressed with how...
The Vicar of Christ
FROM: THOMAS WILLIAM M. MARSHALL, “The Vicar of Christ”
Protestant Journalism, No. XLVIII
London: Burns and Oates, 1874
And when they cannot entice men openly to rebel against...
A New Mission
Welcome, Dear Reader,
As most of you have heard by now, Catholic Insight, for reasons that were primarily financial, decided earlier this year to cease...
