Photo courtesy of Servizio Fotografico of l’Osservatore Romano Cheridan Sanders and Sebastian Gomes receiving communion from Pope Benedict XVI at the Mass celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the beginning of the Year of Faith – October 11, 2012 Cheridan Sanders and Sebastian Gomes are the hosts of Salt + Light’s ...read more

Today’s photo comes from Sebastian Gomes who is currently in Rome with exclusive access to the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Faith. Here Synod members are gathered in their small working groups. The group in the foreground includes Canadian Bishop John Corriveau, OFM of Nelson, B.C.  In the ...read more

Published below is a copy of Pope Benedict’s address he gave yesterday in St. Peter’s Square. He introduced a new series of catechesis, meant to accompany the Church during the Year of Faith. Dear brothers and sisters, Today I would like to introduce a new series of catecheses that will be developed throughout the course ...read more

Tonight on Inside the Synod we recap the interventions that got the most buzz, Sebastian brings us interviews with Cardinal Kurt Koch and Cardinal Tong Hon, and we bring you the details on Cardinal Wurel’s summary of everything that’s been said so far. ...read more

Archbishop Luis A. Tagle spoke to Catholic News Service about Vatican II and the Year of Faith. ...read more

Lisa Charleyboy and John Copegog during the filming of reenactments for In Her Footsteps. by Gillian Kantor “Catherine Tekakwitha is the name of the sainted young woman, who I am going to write about. She is today so renowned in New France because of the extraordinary marvels that God has performed and continues to perform ...read more

The Holy See will send a delegation of cardinals to Syria in the next few days to witness the suffering of Syrians in Damascus. The announcement was made October 16 during the afternoon session of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization for the transmission of the faith. At the beginning of the session ...read more

After a full week of sessions in the General Assembly of the 13th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, most of the official interventions have been shared.  They are scheduled to wrap up by the end of the day on Tuesday.  It has been an exciting, though mentally exhausting period, as each of the Synod Fathers is ...read more

Today Cardinal Dolan briefs the English speaking media, Sebastian Gomes talks to a methodist bishop who is a Fraternal Delegate at the Synod, and we focus on South Africa in Today’s World segment. ...read more

Our host Alicia Ambrosio brings you a recap of what happened in the synod hall, and from our team in Rome interviews with Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Cardinal George Pell, and Florence De Leyritz from the Catholic board for the Alpha Course. ...read more