A woman holds her son with a handwritten note for the pope — the former Joseph Ratzinger — “My name is Joseph too!” as Pope Benedict XVI leads his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 5. The woman held up her son when a group of 50 people from Benedictine College ...read more

S+L fans in the GTA, the long-awaited Toronto premiere of Across the Divide is upon us. The screening takes place tonight at 7 pm at St. Michael’s College School Theatre at 1515 Bathurst Street. Limited tickets remain and can be purchased the Across the Divide website. Proceeds from this special event will go toward Salt ...read more

Today’s photo comes from Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann who participated in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage to the Canadian Martyr’s Shrine in Midland, Ontario. Hispanics from across the Archdiocese of Toronto gather every year in Midland for this special Marian event. ...read more

Salt and Light cameraman David LeRoss examines an original page from the St. John’s Bible, the first handwritten Bible in hundreds of years that was commissioned by the Benedictine monks in Collegeville, Minnesota. The page is from the opening of the Gospel of John, depicting the Word made flesh amidst the cosmic energy of the ...read more

Our heartfelt congratulations to our marketing manager Joshua Lanzarini who was married on Saturday August 4, 2012 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. On behalf of all of us here at Salt + Light, we give Joshua and Elena our warmest congratulations. Joshua is a jack of all trades – he’s the creative talent behind the design ...read more

In July 2012, an unprecedented event happened in Shanghai, China. Bishop Ma Daqin, was ordained an auxiliary bishop with papal approval. Upon his ordination he denounced his membership with China’s Patriotic Association (a government agency which controls the Catholic Church in China) in front of the government officials. His courageous declaration received praise inside and ...read more

Host Kris Dmytrenko and our guests Fr. James Mallon, pastor of Saint Benedict Parish in Halifax and director of the John Paul II Media Institute, and Fr. Jim Roche, Episcopal Vicar for the Diocese of London, Ontario, talk about their experiences with the closure of parishes and explain why this can sometimes be a good solution for ...read more

Salt + Light is pleased to announce we will be hosting special screenings of our latest film, Across the Divide, in Toronto and Ottawa this September. The film depicts the plight of the students of Bethlehem University and the struggles faced by the De La Salle Brothers who administer the school. Bethlehem University is the ...read more

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore gave the following homily during the Memorial Mass at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Annual Convention. Each year during the convention a Mass is celebrated in memory of all the Knights who have passed away during the year.  Worthy Supreme Knight and Mrs. Anderson, Brother Bishops, priests, and deacons, Brother ...read more

Supreme Knight and Mrs. Anderson; Past Supreme Knight and Mrs. Dechant; My brother knights and beloved wives; My brother cardinals; Bishop Brown, Archbishop Viganó, my brother bishops, priests, and deacons; Our consecrated women and men religious; Seminarians, guests, friends one and all . . . Que viva Cristo Rey! To anyone who claims the Church is ...read more