This Week on Salt + Light TV  |  February 3 - February 10, 2012

Interrupted Lives
A compelling documentary about Greek and Roman Catholic women religious who lived their faith under communist harassment and persecution in Eastern and Central Europe. Between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, many religious women endured imprisonment, exile to Siberia, forced farm and factory labour, deportation, seizure of their schools and hospitals and even expulsion from their convents. Interrupted Lives explores the experiences of these Sisters through interviews with survivors as well as the "Secret Sisters" who joined religious life during this time.
Sunday, February 5

 

9pm & 1am ET / 6pm & 10pm PT

 

Repeat: Thursday, February 10

 

9pm & 1am ET / 6pm & 10pm PT

Trauma and Transformation | The Catholic Church and the Sexual Abuse Crisis
McGill's Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR), in collaboration with a number of community partners including the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, hosted a conference on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. A blue-ribbon team of scholars and religious leaders from Canada and beyond brought their experience and expertise into dialogue. The focus of the conference was to capture for the Church, from a wide variety of perspectives, the lessons learned from the crisis and to identify some of the ways forward. Buy the DVD

Friday, February 10

 

9pm & 1am ET / 6pm & 10pm PT

 

Salt + Light TV Series Witness | Anne Leahy
Join Fr. Thomas Rosica in this exclusive interview with Anne Leahy, a Quebec native and career diplomat who serves as Canada's Ambassador to the Holy See. Previously, she served as the Federal Government Coordinator for World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto. Ambassador Leahy shares her extensive diplomatic career and reflects on her current role as Canada's representative to the Vatican. Watch the full episode online.

Sunday, February 5

 

 8pm & 12am ET / 5pm & 9pm PT Repeat: Thursday, February 9  8pm & 12am ET / 5pm & 9pm PT

Perspectives Weekly | Immigration
Is it right for a Catholic help an illegal immigrant? Is right for a Catholic business man to give work to an illegal immigrant? Those are some questions we'll deal with on this week's edition of Perspectives Weekly with our guest Most Rev. John Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City and former Chair of the Committee on Migration and Refugee Services of the USCCB. Watch the full episode online.

Friday, February 3

 

7pm & 11pm ET / 4pm & 8pm PT

 

Sunday, February 5

 

7pm & 11pm ET / 4pm & 8pm PT

Catholic Focus | The World's Oldest Oppression | NEW
Host: Kris Dmytrenko - In 2010, an Ontario Superior Court struck down three laws related to prostitution, on the grounds that those laws put the lives of sex workers at risk. While the appeals process continues, so does the public debate. We profile organizations that help women and men leave prostitution, and speak with representatives of the Toronto police and the Catholic Civil Rights League.
Watch the full episode online.

Saturday, February 4

 

7pm & 11pm ET / 4pm & 8pm PT