Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars, and the subsequent instantiation of what is called 'real...
God’s Most Perfect Creation
A blessed and joyous solemnity of the Immaculate Conception to all Catholic Insight readers. Pope Blessed Pius IX, Pio Nono, proclaimed the doctrine of...
A Triptych of Saints
Propitiously, we celebrate a triptych of saints on this November day:
The first, in time, was Saint Clement (+99 A.D.), traditionally accepted as the third...
Pro, Clement and Columbanus
November 23rd is another of those triptych saint days, with three on offer to lift our spirits as we approach Christ the King, Advent...
Walsingham: England’s Marian Shrine and Hope
Norfolk, in south-eastern England, remained staunchly Catholic during the ‘reformatory’ troubles begun by Henry VIII. The Dukes of Norfolk held fast to the Faith...
Of Quagmires and Roses
So President Donald Trump has decided to up the ante in Afghanistan, sending in an as-yet undefined number of troops, with no timeline, no...
Bishop Sheen and the Betrayal of Judas
Judas is an intriguing figure, perhaps not for the right reasons, but nonetheless, he's given to us in the Gospels for a reason -...
Philip and James
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. Philip is the...
Augustine’s Monastic Mission
The first bishop of Canterbury, Augustine (+604), pronounced in England, ‘Austin’, was a Roman citizen, like the ‘other’ Augustine, of Hippo, who lived over...
Scotus Unravels the Social Order Yet Further
In 1964, the United States passed the Civil Rights Act, which forbade unjust discrimination based on ‘race, color, religion, sex or national origin’. Today,...