Vatican releases survey on faith and doctrine: world says Church is now democracy
The Vatican just released a survey asking for parish-level input on next year's Synod on Faith and Family.
The questionnaire has been sent to all Catholic parishes;...
Can a woman be confident AND vulnerable?
The other day, one of our students sent me an article. While I nearly poked my eyes out over the vulgarity of the writing,...
All that matters
What matters to you? Or—perhaps more accurately—what should matter to you? I’m new to the Catholic Insight blog, and want to introduce myself by...
Of Blood and Guts and Ancient Romans
When I hear a screaming child in a department store, I try not to draw attention to the commotion. Kids are kids. They scream,...
Should Women be Educated?
The topic of women’s education has been making the social media rounds and I’m sure more than a few feminists have flown into fits...
The Secret Life of the American Fairy Tale
It's pretty easy these days to see that the world isn't doing so well. Babies are murdered by the thousands because they are inconvenient,...
When virginity is no good
“Twenty may sound early to get married, but tell that to the girl who had her knees locked since puberty and the boy who...
Society and sexual addictions
I distinctly remember in the Rome train station searching the huge departure board to find the platform our train was leaving from in T...
When platitudes fail
The one thing the moderns will not trust a man to do is to conduct his own life. - G. K. Chesterton, Abolishing the Ordinary
I...
Share with the poor
Our human family is presently experiencing something of a turning point in its own history, if we consider the advances made in various areas....