Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. Twenty-six years ago, Vincent Nguyen was a boy dreaming of freedom and a chance to become a priest when he and 19 relatives piled into a wooden fishing boat and prayed they would evade Vietnam’s coastal patrol and slip out to sea. So began The Globe and ...read more

Picture the activity right now at St. Peter’s Cathedral in London, Ontario: hundreds of bishops, priests, deacons and altar servers pray as they don their vestments, eager ticket-holders arrive to claim their pews, and one man prepares to assume the office of bishop. Momentarily, Fr. William McGrattan will process towards his ordination as the fourth ...read more

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. This Tuesday and Wednesday, Salt + Light Television brings you Canada’s first-ever live webcasts of episcopal ordinations. (Correction: This is an English-language first in Canada–our friends at ECDQ.tv streamed the ordination of Quebec City Auxiliary Bishops Paul Lortie and Gérald Cyprien Lacroix in May.) We begin at ...read more

Salt + Light congratulates Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, who today was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as his new diplomatic representative to Canada. Below is the full text of the press release from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: (Ottawa — CCCB) His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today appointed Most Reverend Pedro López Quintana Apostolic ...read more

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. Back in September, Salt + Light was privileged to receive a visit by Laura Molla and Giuseppe Pannuti, daughter and son-in-law, respectively, of St. Gianna Beretta Molla. Catholic News Service also covered their brief stay in North America, which was capped off by an address to a ...read more

If you turned your Sirius radio dial to the Catholic Channel a week ago Saturday, you were privy to an exclusive preview of Joe Zambon’s new album “There and Here”. As S+L Radio’s featured artist, the Ottawa-based singer-songwriter shared three tracks from his third release, which officially dropped the following day. Host Pedro Guevara-Mann accurately ...read more

The movement to enshrine legal protection of the unborn “naturally belongs” on the social-democratic left, writes John Bentley Mays in the latest edition of The Catholic Register. The Toronto-based author and journalist is troubled by the “hijacking” of the anti-abortion effort by the political right, who he claims are “losing the battle for hearts and minds in the public forum.” Mays, who ...read more

The head of Canada’s episcopal conference is urging Parliament to reject the latest attempt to legalize euthanasia. With the House of Commons expected to s00n debate private member’s bill C-384, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber wrote the country’s MP’s to address popular confusion surrounding end of life issues. Referring to euthanasia’s proponents, the Winnipeg prelate declared ...read more

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. Salt + Light Television has prepared a new lineup of enlightening programming for Fall 2009 and beyond. As host, I will be joined by all of S+L’s on-air personalities as they reveal the new series, documentaries and specials that you’ll soon see on Your Catholic Channel of Hope. ...read more

If I have an idol in my life, it’s likely my vacation time. Every year I carefully consider my options before committing to a time or place—no city-dwelling staycations for me. My friends can attest to my countless hours spent pouring over websites in search of a somewhat paradoxical destination: it must be prayerful, yet ...read more