If you get the opportunity to receive the Pope’s blessing for newlyweds in Rome after his General Audience, what do you do? Sleep in for an hour later than you planned, end up on the third row of five, and not push your way to the front of the group of newlyweds reaching out for ...read more

Salt + Light will be in Edmonton tonight filming the first episode of the second season of Nothing More Beautiful. Many of our viewers will recall that Nothing More Beautiful is a series of catechesis and witness talks given in the Archdiocese of Edmonton with the goal of deepening the faithful’s relationship with Christ. The ...read more

When we were younger, my sister and I used to love listening to the song Love Changes Everything. It’s from the soundtrack of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Aspects of Love. Love, Love changes everything: Hands and faces, Earth and sky, Love, Love changes everything: How you live and How you die Love Can make ...read more

Just over a week ago Christopher West was in Toronto speaking about Theology of the Body. It was his first time speaking in here, and for many of us who have read his work and admire and appreciate his ministry it was a very special two days of talks about John Paul II’s magnificent and ...read more

By the time this blog gets posted it is likely that more than a million internet users will have seen a crass and disrespectful rant against the “wealth” of the Vatican by the notorious comedian Sarah Silverman. In the You Tube piece Silverman accuses the Vatican of hording wealth and says by selling Vatican City ...read more

On tonight’s new episode of Catholic Focus we explore the story of Fr. Jose Olallo, a Cuban priest beatified November 29th, 2008. Alicia Ambrosio looks at the miracle that led to his beatification. We also look at what it means to the Church in Cuba to have a native Cuban on the altar. Tune in ...read more

Salt + Light’s Alicia Ambrosio provides this report on Tuesday’s activities at the CCCB’s Plenary Assembly. ...read more

Dear Brother Bishops, First of all I would like to thank Archbishop Weisgerber with all my heart for the kind words he addressed to me on your behalf as well as for this video which has moved me because of the good will that has inspired it. The Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of ...read more

Just as the leaves start to change colour and people start to book warm getaways to escape the fall chill every year, one group of dedicated men hunker down and head to Cornwall, Ontario for a week. The Canadian Bishops are gathered this week for their annual Plenary Assembly at the NavCanada Centre in Cornwall. ...read more

In exciting news for the Canadian Church, an essential stage in the cause of Canonization for Blessed Brother André Bessette has successfully been completed. The Vatican’s Theological Commission for the Causes of Saints has granted a “positive and unanimous verdict” in a healing attributed to the intercession of the Miracle Worker of Mount-Royal. As reported ...read more