Saint John of Cantius’ Holy Hidden Life

On this Christmas Eve’s Eve, we quietly celebrate the commemoration of John of Cantius (1390 – 1473), or ‘Kanty’ in the original Polish transliteration – a scholar, a teacher, a gentleman, a priest and, most of all, a saint, who spent his whole life as a professor at the Krakow Academy, later named the Jagiellonian, […]

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Back to Catholic Insight

As readers may know, I have taken on the duties of editing the newly updated Catholic Insight on-line, a time-and-mind-absorbing project, but, I hope, a worthy one.  Hence, my posts have been relegated to that site for now, usually under the ‘Editor’s Corner’, sometimes in the main articles.   So, for now, if you would like […]

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Boniface and Ordinary Time

Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr, was martyred by a pagan band on this  day, June 5, 754. His life was one of tireless struggle to convert the Frisians, early inhabitants of Germania, steeped in paganism and idolatry.  The famous story of his felling of the Donar Oak, which the pagan Frisians held so sacred that […]

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The Limits of Artifical ‘Intelligence’

The gauntlet has now been thrown down, that computers, or more specifically artificial intelligence will soon be able to create more perfect art than humans.  This prediction, or threat, depending upon your point of view, applies in particular to music, the most mathematical and ‘algorithmic’ of the arts, following set patterns of chord structure, harmonies, […]

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The Joyful Apostle of Rome

Today, May 26th, is the feast of one of my favorite saints, Philip Neri (1515-1595), born and raised in the renaissance city of Florence during the height of that glorious era, one which, for all its artistic and scientific accomplishments, or perhaps because of them, was losing the sense of God. As a charismatic, talented, […]

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Massacre in Manchester

ISIS has struck again, in the heart of Britain, as a suicide bomber detonated a ‘sophisticated’ device as young concertgoers were leaving an ‘Ariana Grande’ concert in Manchester. At least 22 have been killed, and dozens more injured. Details are of course still emerging, and in the meantime we must pray for the victims, for […]

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