One Simple Thing Families Can do to Help Restore Unity in Our Countries

There’s so much talk in the news right now about how we can unite as a region at a time when we’re more divided...

On Carney’s Capitulation

(To clarify, Catholic Insight is not a 'political' magazine, even if I have some hesitation in making too hermetically-sealed categories. There is a right,...

The Foster-Father of All of Us

Growing up, I didn’t really have a father figure. Because of that, I didn’t have much respect for the vocation of a father or...
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Holy Wars Medieval and Modern, Briefly Considered

From the time of Muhammad on, Islam has conquered lands by force of arms. The great warrior Charles Martel stopped the Muslim invasion of...

The Feast of the Annunciation: God’s Invitation

In the quiet village of Nazareth, far removed from centers of power and influence, a young woman named Mary was living what seemed to...
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The Catholic ‘voice’ can help Canadians overcome the housing crisis

My wife and our friends recently read and discussed sections of Pope Leo XIII’s timeless encyclical, Rerum Novarum. Pope Leo XIV's name inspired us...

Living in Wonder

Years ago I decided to take a course on Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, I know, very mainstream. As I sat in a small...

Genocide in Palestine? – Another Dark Chapter in Mankind’s History

(Opinions expressed on this page are those of the author, and are not necessarily shared by Catholic Insight). As the Germans did it to the...

Questions from Minneapolis

The recent shooting of pupils and elderly parishioners during morning Mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis has raised many questions. Some...

The Bloody Elephant in the Room: Abortion and Western Canada

Once upon a time, there was a strange belief that the importance of a “free press” lay not only in the existence of independent,...