Weekly Insight
Saint Callixtus: From Slave, to Pope, to Martyr
October 14th is the memorial of Saints Callixtus, (+222-223) (also spelled Callistus), whose life is historically shrouded, as are many of the early Christians. Some say he was a reformed slave who lived a...
The Final Apparition and Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three seers Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia. The Virgin appeared as the...
Saint Carlo Acutis
One of the newest saints in the calendar, canonized by Pope Leo XIV on September 7th, 2025, is Carlo Acutis. He died at 15 of leukemia on this October 12th in 2006, the day...
Thanksgiving Day
A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers! We extend this to our American neighbours, even if they hold their own day of thanks later in November, but who do honour Christopher...
Prayers for Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV announced today that he is to undergo surgery in the next few days to remove a 'lung nodule'.
May we pray for the Holy Father, for his health and well-being, in accord...
Good Pope John and His Council
Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, now more than six decades back to those heady days of the early sixties, the future, to many eyes, full of promise...
Rosary Rally Today, October 10th!
We're a bit late on this, but I just learned yesterday that today, October 10th, there is an international Rosary Rally, wherein Catholics across the globe join in around noon in this most powerful...
Mrs. Clancy and the Children
I’ve hesitated to write about the Lindsay Clancy case, for the whole tragedy is quite literally ‘obscene’, which is to say, too gruesome to be visualized, put on display or even put into words....
Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572), whom we recall on this October 10th, was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one - first, as a married layman, then as a Jesuit...
Declaring Newman a Doctor
PROCLAMATION OF ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AS “DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH”
HOMILY OF POPE LEO XIV
St Peter's Square
All Saints' Day - Saturday, 1st November 2025
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On this Solemnity of All Saints, it is a great joy...
Newman and St. Philip Neri: The Quest for Sanctity
In honour of today's saint, here is an essay from a while back by Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O., (+2020, requiescat in pace) founder of the Toronto Oratory, on the complex relationship between Saint John...
Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca
Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day:
Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the first bishop of what would later be called the 'city of lights', and...
Newman the Kindly Prophet…and Doctor of the Church
Although John Henry Cardinal Newman died on August 11th, in 1890, he is commemorated on this October 9th, the day that he was received into the Catholic Church in 1845. While labouring as an...
Our Lady of Good Remedy
On this October 8th, we commemorate Our Lady of Good Remedy, fittingly the day after Our Lady of the Rosary (also called Our Lady of Victory). Our Lady of Good Remedy is a title...
Dolly’s passing – a look into the soul of America
(New contributor Suzanne Cruz offers here a contrast between the public reactions to the recent deaths of Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem. Both had their 'issues', even if the deleterious consequences of Ms. Steinem's...
