Below you will find the homily that Archbishop Richard Smith, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, gave this morning during the Plenary Assembly’s morning mass. Like many of you I have succumbed to the temptation to use a mobile device for communications. Mine has a feature called “auto-correction”. When I am composing emails or ...read more

His Excellency Most Reverend Pedro López Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada addressed the Canadian Bishops at their annual Plenary Assembly this evening.  The Nuncio spoke at length about the essence of the New Evangelization, often quoting the Instrumentum Laboris (working document for the Synod on the New Evangelization).  He also touched on the importance of Catholic education in Canada ...read more

“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a despot whose shooting and shelling of his own people cannot be defended,” wrote the Catholic Register in an editorial earlier this year, “yet he may be the last line of defence for Syria’s Catholics.” The editorial captures the paradox of a country where, despite an escalating civilian death toll, ...read more

Over the past few days, the “Church Alive” team has been shooting the bibical segments of their new series in the historic chapel of Assumption University in Windsor. In this scene, Sebastian Gomes shoots one of the promos for the series which will premiere on October 11, 2012, the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican ...read more

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 on Perspectives, Pope Benedict XVI tells the faithful that saying you are Christian is not enough, you must live the tenets of the faith, and Edmonton has a new Auxiliary Bishop. ...read more

At least 29 deacons, 120 priests, 19 bishops, a nuncio, a cardinal, dozens of religious and seminarians, and hundreds of faithful people gathered at St. Joseph Basilica in Edmonton, Alberta on the evening of September 3 to celebrate the ordination of Bishop Gregory Bittman. It was announced on July 14, 2012 that the Holy Father ...read more

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former Archbishop of Milan, died today at the age of 85. Cardinal Martini published more than 40 books, and was said to have a working knowledge of 11 languages. He was known as a strong pastor who did not shy away from controversial issues, promoting discussion about issues such as roles ...read more

Registration for WYD Rio 2013 is officially open.  Pilgrims must be registered in groups and the number of pilgrims in each group cannot be more than 50. Each pilgrim group needs to have a leader and a second-leader.  If the groups are co-ed the team leaders should be a man and a woman. All Canadian ...read more