On holiday in Japan one year, Sr. Orianne Pietra René, FSP found herself unable to go to Mass on Christmas Day. The experience served to deepen her longing to celebrate Jesus‘ birth. ...read more

Passing on Lebanese traditions to the next generation, sustaining practices of prayer and thanksgiving, and words of hope for everyone. ...read more

To inspire you with hope during this month, we have invited members of the Salt + Light Media family to share how their Advent and Christmas traditions have marked their own journey. Every Monday and Thursday, we will feature a brief article related to the season. ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus in the garden as a sign of a renewed relationship between humanity and creation through  "an ecological conversion." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on the call to human fraternity found in the Good News of Christ's death and resurrection, saying that "This fraternity is based on Jesus’ commandment, which is new insofar as He accomplished it Himself, the superabundant fulfilment of the will of the Father." ...read more

AI and other digital technologies are here to stay: how might Pope Leo XIV explore the good that can come of them even as they resist the bad? ...read more

Pope Leo XIV is calling for deeper reflection on the “challenges [of AI] for the defence of human dignity, justice, and labour" What might some of those challenges be? ...read more

We pray that through work, each person might find fulfillment, families might be sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanized. ...read more

Nicholas Jesson reflects on the late pope's achievements on the journey to Christian unity and human fraternity. ...read more

On Divine Mercy Sunday, 27 April, 2025, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis' Secretary of State, presided over Mass and delivered the homily for the Second Day of the Novendiali and the Jubilee of Adolescents. ...read more