This year, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul brought three reasons to celebrate. The most obvious, is of course the fact that it’s a solemnity honouring two of the Church’s pillars. On one hand we have St. Peter, and his beautiful profession of faith: “Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of ...read more

Archbishop Gérald Lacroix will be one of 40 Archbishops from around the world to receive the pallium on Wednesday. [singlepic id=24 h=200 float=right]Every year in Rome at Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI imposes the pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops who have been named in the past year. To impose ...read more

Pastors, educators and parents must be attentive to young people experiencing a crisis due to homosexual feelings. The Canadian bishops makes this recommendation in Pastoral Ministry to Young People with Same-Sex Attraction, authored by the Episcopal Commission for Doctrine. The bishops begin by stating that “only what is true can ultimately be pastoral.” As such, ...read more

Is it really “cool” to be Catholic? A young Catholic? Ok, maybe the word “cool” isn’t the best word to use. So, let’s dig deeper. [singlepic id=23 w=320 h=240 float=right]We all like “cool”. But, what is that? What makes something “cool”? I’m pretty sure we can agree that it has to do with some idea ...read more

For the third time in four years, Salt + Light Television has been given the prestigious Gabriel Award for religious television station of the year.[singlepic id=26 w=360 h=260 float=right] Salt + Light CEO, Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB, accepted the honour June 24th at the Catholic Media Convention Awards Banquet held this year in Pittsburgh. “It ...read more

This Sunday in North America marks the Feast of Corpus Christi, also referred to as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. It is a feast dedicated solely to the mystery of the Eucharist, and as such, does not honor one specific event in Jesus’ life (as Feasts like Christmas, ...read more

Sister Nuala Kenny is not your typical religious sister. That’s because she’s also a paediatrician, bioethicist, author an officer of the Order of Canada. A member of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, Sr. Nuala also founded the founded the Department of Bioethics at Halifax’s Dalhousie University in 1996. Because of her obvious expertise in children’s ...read more

Monsignor Paul Tighe, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, is present at the 2011 Catholic Media Convention, and delegates are happy to see him there.[singlepic id=17 w=320 float=right] “It’s great to see Vatican representation on the ground here to get a pulse on the opportunities and challenges facing Catholic communicators in 2011,” ...read more

What is the precise significance of today’s Solemnity, of the Body and Blood of Christ? The answer is given to us in the fundamental actions of this celebration we are carrying out: first of all we gather around the altar of the Lord, to be together in his presence; secondly, there will be the procession, ...read more

The Catholic Media Convention begins today in Pittsburgh, PA.  This Convention brings together members of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals and the Association of Roman Catholic Communicators of Canada , as well as Catholic communications/public relations directors – for the purpose of spiritual, economic ...read more