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On Saturday November 7, I had the great privilege of attending the first ever John Paul II International Film Festival in Miami, Florida. Salt + Light’s documentary Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan was one of the film’s screened Saturday afternoon at Just the Funny Theatre in Coral Gables, a ...read more
Last week Canadian Member of Parliament for the Winnipeg-area riding of Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia, Steven Fletcher, who is a Quadriplegic has stated he will abstain from voting on the right-to-die bill, C-384, which is currently going to its second reading in the House of Commons. This bill would allow people with terminal illness and those in ...read more
I also came to understand that the purpose of prayer was not to change God’s mind, but to change my heart. Lydia Cristini, an Edmonton teacher, offered this insight as part of her witness talk in the first episode of the second season of Nothing More Beautiful, which premiers Saturday, November 7th. She had been ...read more
Scripture tells us that man does not live from bread alone, but from every word that comes from the mouth of God. I’ve always intellectually understood that, but two weeks ago I was most blessed to be part of the Festival of Faith in London, ON, and I can now say that I know, deep ...read more
This Friday I will be traveling to Miami for the first ever John Paul II International Film Festival where Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan has been chosen as one of the official entries. The warm weather and beautiful environs of sunny Miami are not the only reason I am ...read more
In his Angelus Address this past Sunday Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the feast of All Saints and linked it to a very visible Roman landmark. Originally a pagan temple, the Pantheon was dedicated to all Roman gods. Marcus Agrippa, a consul in Rome, had the temple built in 27 B.C. The temple was caught ...read more
I was recently reading the November edition of Restoration, the paper published by Madonna House. In it was an excerpt from the foundress of Madonna House, Catherine Doherty, on the souls in purgatory.  She asks why we call them poor souls since the souls in purgatory are guaranteed eternal life… it’s just a question of ...read more
The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli presented Salt + Light Television CEO Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB, to Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday, October 29th. A consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Fr. Rosica was among those in attendance at the Apostolic Palace for an address by ...read more
If you get the opportunity to receive the Pope’s blessing for newlyweds in Rome after his General Audience, what do you do? Sleep in for an hour later than you planned, end up on the third row of five, and not push your way to the front of the group of newlyweds reaching out for ...read more
Salt + Light will be in Edmonton tonight filming the first episode of the second season of Nothing More Beautiful. Many of our viewers will recall that Nothing More Beautiful is a series of catechesis and witness talks given in the Archdiocese of Edmonton with the goal of deepening the faithful’s relationship with Christ. The ...read more