“A zealous pastor, a humble religious, a faithful churchman, and an admirable human person” are just some of the words by which my fellow Basilian and biographer of our order, Fr. P. Wallace Platt, has described George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff. George Flahiff, born on 26 October 1905 in Paris, Ontario, was Superior General of the Basilian Fathers from ...read more

CNS file photo Pope John Paul II kisses a rain-soaked tarmac as he arrives in Jakarta, Indonesia, on a pastoral trip in 1989. ...read more

What is chastity? How do we make the message of chastity appealing to young people? In this episode of Perspectives Weekly, Deacon Pedro Guevara-Mann speaks with Chris Stefanick about chastity and how we can live chastity in our lives. ...read more

Most of us are concerned for the environment. Politicians, organizations and celebrities are constantly urging us to get “greener” and challenge us to “act more responsibly.” It seems that nothing today is more important than the need to take better care of our planet. On the other hand, another movement is gaining strength: Persons who ...read more

Would not this council, then, which has concentrated principally on man, be destined to propose again to the world of today the ladder leading to freedom and consolation? Would it not be, in short, a simple, new and solemn teaching to love man in order to love God? To love man, we say, not as ...read more

2563 The heart is the dwelling place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place “to which I withdraw.” The heart is our hidden centre, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and ...read more

This post was submitted by Jocelyn Kilpatrick, a friend of Salt + Light who is currently living Vladivostok, Russia where she teaches English. Jocelyn is originally from the Toronto area. Fr. Dan makes his way through Vladivostok’s main square, attracting curious stares from the locals. He has not often worn his clerical garb in public ...read more

Tonight on Perspectives: A major new international interreligious dialogue initiative is inaugurated in Vienna, Austria with the Holy See playing an vital role as “Founding Observer”; A high ranking Vatican official expects little change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government; and we take a look at Catholic-Orthodox dialogue fifty years after Vatican II. ...read more

Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times). According to Scripture it is the heart that ...read more

Solemnity of Christ the King – November 25, 2012 Homily of Pope Benedict XVI Your Eminences, Dear Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today’s Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe, the crowning of the liturgical year, is enriched by our reception into the College of Cardinals of six new members whom, following tradition, ...read more