Of Saint Thomas’ Death and Voting
Saint Thomas Aquinas died on this day, March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanuova in Italy, between Naples and Rome (where there...
Dr. Hawking’s Pi
Today is Pi Day, the third month and 14th day, signifying of course 3.14, the first digits in the ratio of a circle's circumference...
Ite ad Joseph
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to one and all!
The silent saint from the Gospel, husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...
Violence and Rational Dialogue
Already it has begun, with the bodies of the Christchurch victims not yet buried, and the emotional calls for condemnation even of the very...
Saint Patrick’s Emerald Hope
(Here is a re-posting of some thoughts on Saint Patrick's Day. Much has happened since then, and this will be a muted celebration, with...
The Mystery of Salvific Suffering
Last week, a fire broke out in a mall, located in Kemerovo, a remote city in Siberia, on a day that happened to be...
Christ and the Resurrected Body
We are now on the seventh day of the Easter Octave, eight days that are one long, glorious day, so this Friday is treated...
The Mercy of Hell?
So, what of hell? As you may have heard, and on which I wrote a few days ago, Pope Francis has allegedly (through the...
For a Few More Medical Moscatis
April 12th marked the anniversary of the death of Saint Joseph Moscati, an Italian physician, who dedicated his life to helping the sick and the...
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...