Flashes of Insight

		[{"id":2604,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/10\/07\/8-14-october\/","name":"8-14-october","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/starry-night-1024x576.jpg","alt":""},"title":"8 - 14 October","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Oct 7, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-10-07 05:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-03 16:43:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-03 03:43:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/reflections\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reflections<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":33},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Faith is not weakness but strength, rooted in trust and courage. God calls us not for privilege but for service, shaping holiness in daily life. Creation reminds us of the Creator; gratitude keeps us free. In Christ, we are beloved, chosen, and invited to live with hope."}]	

		[{"id":2277,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/science-changes-everything\/","name":"science-changes-everything","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/web3-telescope-religion-science-galileo-galilei-astronomer-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Science changes everything","author":{"name":"Stephen Bevans","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/stephenbevans\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-26 17:21:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-26 05:21:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":56},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Webb Space Telescope reveals astonishing new realities of creation, while psychology deepens our understanding of human brokenness and potential. Such knowledge questions inherited frameworks and calls theology to reconsider how it speaks of sin, grace, and humanity\u2019s place in the vast unfolding universe."},{"id":2564,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/absolutely-right\/","name":"absolutely-right","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Flashes-banner-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Absolutely Right","author":{"name":"Brendan Butler","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/brendanbutler\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:04:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-19 21:21:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-19 09:21:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":48},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Two voices echo across time: one calling for battle, another for God\u2019s kingdom on earth. Between them lies the clash of worldviews shaping our age, where populist leaders and faithful dreamers compete to write the story of tomorrow."},{"id":2575,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/what-young-people-seek-in-faith\/","name":"what-young-people-seek-in-faith","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Youth-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"What young people seek in faith","author":{"name":"Clare Schwantes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/clareschwantes\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:03:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-26 17:57:38","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-26 05:57:38","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":9},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The decline of youth in the Church is not the full story. Across Australia, young Catholics are rediscovering faith in surprising numbers, seeking authenticity, community, and a sense of hope that speaks to their deepest aspirations."},{"id":2360,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/is-the-church-allowed-to-ordain-men\/","name":"is-the-church-allowed-to-ordain-men","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vaticanelle-a-parody-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Is the Church allowed to ordain men?","author":{"name":"Colm Holmes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/colm\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:02:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-26 17:19:35","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-26 05:19:35","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":56},"status":"publish","excerpt":"For centuries, women have led priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. Vaticanelle, a parody, imagines Pope Sister Martha and her Synodal Council debating whether men could be ordained. From the outset, she insists priesthood for men is not a serious expectation."},{"id":2578,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/the-paradox-of-stability-offline-fury-online\/","name":"the-paradox-of-stability-offline-fury-online","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/girl-getting-bullied-in-high-school-hallway-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The paradox of stability offline, fury online","author":{"name":"Alex Hoang","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/alexhoang\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-29 17:02:00","modifiedDate":"2025-10-01 19:11:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-01 06:11:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":42},"status":"publish","excerpt":"When anger goes unchecked online it can spiral into cruelty. Anonymity fuels extreme behavior. Shaming replaces dialogue. Dialogue is a safeguard."},{"id":2488,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/23\/the-silent-schism\/","name":"the-silent-schism","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/silent-schism-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The silent schism","author":{"name":"Angela Hanley","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/angela-hanley\/"},"date":"Sep 23, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-23 06:05:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-13 00:21:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-12 12:21:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/flashes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Flashes<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":36},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The silent schism is not dramatic or violent. It unfolds in disillusioned hearts and empty pews, as Catholics quietly conclude that staying within the Church brings more heartache than hope. Unlike past schisms, it lacks noise\u2014but its damage may be far greater."}]	

		[{"id":2591,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/ten-takeaways-from-pope-leos-first-interviews\/","name":"ten-takeaways-from-pope-leos-first-interviews","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/leo-darkened-background-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Ten takeaways from Pope Leo's first interviews","author":{"name":"Claire Giangrav\u00e9","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/claire-giangrave\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:50:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-30 22:49:24","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-30 09:49:24","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":10,"sec":1},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first interviews reveal a leader who listens carefully yet holds firm lines. Women leaders will be promoted, but ordination to the diaconate is not on the table. LGBTQ Catholics are welcomed in Pope Leo XIV\u2019s Church, but doctrine on sexuality and marriage remains unchanged."},{"id":2593,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/30\/situation-in-gaza-a-disaster-two-state-solution-less-and-less-real\/","name":"situation-in-gaza-a-disaster-two-state-solution-less-and-less-real","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cardinal-Pierbattista-Pizzaballa-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Gaza \u2018disaster\u2019 \u2014 two-state solution \u2018less and less real\u2019","author":{"name":"Catholic Weekly","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/catholicweekly\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 05:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-30 22:50:36","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-30 09:50:36","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":15},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Palestinians need more than humanitarian aid, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, they seek dignity and recognition as a people. He still sees the two-state solution as ideal, though increasingly less realistic given today\u2019s circumstances."},{"id":2470,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/23\/never-again\/","name":"never-again","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mohammed-ibrahim-erVMX5cTmc-unsplash-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Never again","author":{"name":"flashes","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/flashes\/"},"date":"Sep 23, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-23 06:11:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-14 10:27:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-13 22:27:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":45},"status":"publish","excerpt":"For decades, Israel was seen through the prism of the Holocaust. Today, Gaza reshapes that perception. The atrocities committed under political self-interest risk burdening Jewish communities worldwide with a legacy they never authorised and must now carry."},{"id":2557,"link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/2025\/09\/23\/selective-catholicism-contradictions-of-faith-and-politics\/","name":"selective-catholicism-contradictions-of-faith-and-politics","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/selective-catholicism-300x169.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Selective Catholicism: contradictions of faith and politics","author":{"name":"Phyllis Zagano","link":"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/author\/phylliszagano\/"},"date":"Sep 23, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-23 06:10:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-19 00:14:05","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-18 12:14:05","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/flashesinsight.com\/category\/analysis-comment\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Analysis and Comment<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"","series":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":4},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Catholic social teaching on immigrants, the poor and creation finds little space in the Catholic right. While bishops accompany immigrants to hearings and teach about environmental stewardship, many Catholics dismiss such concerns as \u201cradical left politics,\u201d narrowing faith to partisan agendas."}]