Below is the text of the Holy Father’s message for the World Day of the Sick which will take place February 11, 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Twenty-first World Day of the Sick will be solemnly celebrated at the Marian Shrine ...read more

On Sunday, January 6 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for the Epiphany of Our Lord at St. Peter’s Basilica. During the Mass he also ordained four archbishops, including his own personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Ganswein. Below is the full text of his homily. Dear Brothers and Sisters, For the Church which believes and prays, the ...read more

On a recent trip to Edmonton, Alberta I spent some time at the Marian Centre. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the centre’s work, click here. During my time there, I learnt that there’s a term they use to describe the people they serve. They call them ‘Christophers’ in other words Christ-bearers. I ...read more

In this small 12 day series, Sebastian Gomes of Salt + Light shares his memories, hopes and traditions of Christmas. ...read more

In this small 12 day series, Chris Adamczyk of Salt + Light shares his memories, hopes and traditions of Christmas. ...read more

For the last two days I’ve been trying to imagine what our world would be like had Jesus never been born. It’s easy to say that The Church would not exist or that we would have no Pope. There would be no priests, deacons, religious sisters or brothers, nor there would be church buildings. But ...read more

In this small 12 day series, Carlos Ferreira of Salt + Light shares his memories, hopes and traditions of Christmas. ...read more

Yesterday I was imagining a world without Christmas. That would mean no Christmas music and no Christmas movies.  But a world without Jesus would mean much more to our popular culture. I also just came from watching the screen adaptation of Les Miserables (isn’t Anne Hathaway fabulous as Fantine?). I couldn’t help but thinking that ...read more

Mireille shares memories of Christmas in her native Lebanon, the way her family taught her to celebrate, and how she celebrates today, far from her famly. ...read more