Apologetics 101, Question 8: Potency and Evolution

In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...

Ad Caeli Reginam: Encyclical of Pope Pius XII Proclaiming the Queenship of Mary

(As mentioned in an accompanying post, the Queenship of Mary used to fall on the last day of May (now the feast of the...

From Judaism to Catholicism: A Conversion Story

For as long as I can remember, I have believed in God. A strange statement, coming from someone who was born in Israel and raised...

Twentieth Sunday: Casting Fire Upon the Earth!

I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be...

Our Lady’s Assumption

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of...

Dispositions for Receiving Holy Communion

Sermon by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy (August 14, 1915 – March 13, 2017) preached at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto, ON,  on Sunday, November 23,...

Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe

APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979   1. "This is the victory that overcomes...

Nineteenth Sunday: Consolation and Exhortation

‘Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’ (Lk. 12:32). â§Ÿ These are perhaps among the most...

Spes Aedificandi: Saint Edith Stein, Martyr and Co-Patroness of Europe

On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of...

The Poison Pen of Christopher Hitchens

Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He's dead, and isn't he yesterday's news?” But this is...

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