Weekly Insight
Into and Out of Africa
Pope Leo XIV is on the last leg of his pilgrimage to Africa, the destination he chose for his first apostolic visitation. Makes sense, for the continent is one of the few places left...
Aliens, Eliot and Christ
I met an alien today. If you humour me for a few moments, Iâll explain. It isnât one of the aliens that appeared in the media earlier last year, were confirmed as real, and...
The Limpid Soul and Mind of Anselm of Canterbury
Saint Anselm (+1109) was bishop of the see of Canterbury, in the south of England, whose old buildings and cobbled roads still evoke her mediaeval era. Canterbury is famous both for her original founding...
Pope Benedict and Saint Anselm
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Saint Anselm
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Benedictine Abbey of Sant'Anselmo is located on the Aventine Hill in Rome. As the headquarters of an academic institute of...
Third Sunday of Easter: Growing in Love of the Lord
Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you (Jn. 21:17). ⧟
The Easter Season is a privileged time of liturgical catechesis or instruction called mystagogy because it draws into the Mystery of Christ....
Sunday Musical Offering: The Regina Coeli
A blessed, joyous and grace-filled Easter to one and all! Christus resurrexit! Dominus surrexit vere! Alleluia! One of my favorite songs of this season of joy the Regina Coeli, the antiphon of praise to...
The Unity of Contraries in Christianity
As a child, I was struck with a certain astonishment at the perverse and sometimes startling coincidence that opposites exist. I think most children within their early life recognize the division of the world...
Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin: Educator and Martyr of Silence
Bd. Marie-Anne Blondin (+1890), whose optional memorial falls today in our fair Dominion, the day of her birth in 1809, five decades before Canada was Canada. Most Canadians, alas, have likely never heard of...
Carney’s Amoral Majority
After five defections â euphemistically described as âcrossing the floorâ â and three by-elections, Mark Carney and his Liberals how have their coveted majority. One wonders what bowls of pottage were offered in back-room...
Saint Kateri , Canada’s Protectress
This was the title given to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, by Pope Benedict XVI, when he canonized her on October 28th, 2012, along with six others, in Saint Peter' Square (she had been beatified by...
A Closed, Unsustainable, Descending Loop
As a follow-up to my thoughts on Payette's payout, here be a stark image of where are here in Canada.
As the graph shows in, well, graphic terms, since 2025, the public sector has contributed...
Remembering Father Alphonse de Valk
(Today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Father Alphonse de Valk, C.S.B., a faithful, courageous and indefatigable Basilian priest, pro-life-and-family apostle, and the founder of Catholic Insight magazine. Here is what we...
A Tale of Two Benedicts
A grace-filled Holy Week to all our readers! As we await and prepare for the Resurrection about to dawn upon us, we might keep in mind two Benedicts: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, requiescat in...
My Name is Bernadette
April 16th is a propitious day, for besides the anniversary of Father de Valk's death, who founded Catholic Insight in its print form decades ago, and the commemoration of the 'two Benedicts', mentioned in...
Presidential Pardon of Weronika Krawczyk
As a good news, follow-up to our story from Poland, of the persecution of Weronika Krawczyk for her pro-life views, we heard that she has been granted a presidential pardon.
One might still wonder why...
