Lockdowns and the Proportion of Fear
Just after Christmas, - at least they waited until after, and we must count all our blessings - Mr. Doug Ford decreed another interminable...
Saint Raymond, Pope Benedict and the Code of Canon Law
Today is the feast of Saint Raymond of Penyafort (1175-1275), one of the first Dominicans (officially known as the Order of Preachers) eventually becoming...
Capitol Hill and the New Barbarians
What is one to say of yesterday's events on Capitol Hill? Certainly, sides, already divided, are being drawn in more than the sand, and...
Bishop Sheen’s Prophecy
Listen and wonder. Our Lady of Fatima's warning about Communism spreading its errors around the world seems too close to home - We can...
The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of...
InCommunio and ExCommunio
By one of those ironies of history, this January 3rd, which happens to be Epiphany here in Canada, marks the anniversary of the decrees...
Is the Covid Sars-2 Vaccine Morally Licit? Formal and Material Co-Operation
A question for all of us, those who may see the vaccine as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality,...
Repression, Expression and the End of Hockey?
A blessed Christmas Eve's Eve to all our readers! The joy and longing are almost fulfilled - Domnius prope est, as the invitatory antiphon...
Aligning Planets and Melodious Music
As we being our proximate preparation for Christmas, with the novena of the O Antiphons, and, if you are so inclined, the meditations of...
Living Liminally with the O Antiphons
One of the missions of Catholic Insight is to reinvigorate our liturgical and liminal life - we should always be living on the 'threshold'...