We could face today’s problems “more serenely and effectively”, said Pope Benedict XVI, if we reject “lies and violence in intentions, words and actions” and cultivate “sentiments of respect, understanding and esteem for others”. On Sunday, the Holy Father delivered an exhortation for peace prior to the recitation of the Angelus. Included below is ZENIT’s ...read more

On Tuesday morning, a group of young adults from the Toronto area asked to meet with Fr. Thomas Rosica regarding the aftermath of Senator Kennedy’s Funeral. Several of the young people were Catholic, others were friends from various confessions and some had no religious convictions. They have been viewers of Salt + Light Television for ...read more

Bishop Robert Morlino has defended the public funeral of the late Senator Edward Kennedy as “more than appropriate”. As one of the first prelates to comment on the televised funeral mass and burial, the Madison, NY bishop described the rites as being intentionally “subdued” because of Kennedy’s “long-standing and public holding of pro-abortion and other ...read more

In response to Fr. Thomas Rosica’s post “Senator Edward Kennedy’s funeral: On mercy and misery”, some readers have asked what S+L (and Fr. Rosica, specifically) have contributed to the pro-life cause. I regret that they missed our 2009 March for Life coverage and our acclaimed documentary on St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Love is a Choice. ...read more

Back in April I wrote about Twitter, the hard-to-define web service that allows users to post 140-character messages, typically to share thoughts or links to interesting articles. While this social network might never completely enter the mainstream, Facebook has truly fixed its place in our first-world lives. (I offer as anecdotal evidence that my parents ...read more

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. Like many of our viewers, I’ve just returned from my oft-delayed summer vacation. Though I benefited tremendously from several days hiking in the Algonquin and Mont Tremblant parks, the trip was certainly less exotic than my work-travel experience in Rome earlier this year. My final days overseas ...read more

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. To mark today’s DVD sales launch of Changing Course: A Catholic project for city schools, here is an episode of Catholic Focus that previewed some of the innovative gang and bullying prevention initiatives covered in the new half-hour documentary. In particular, I spoke with James Flaherty and ...read more

The following article about Changing Course: A Catholic project for city schools appeared in the summer/fall edition of Salt + Light’s Lampstand newsletter. The DVD can now be pre-ordered for delivery beginning August 24th. Click here to learn more and view the trailer! “The students took off as soon as we got there,” squawked a ...read more

In the third chapter of Caritas in Veritate, which addresses moral considerations of the economy, the Holy Father evaluates the mixed record of globalization. He cautions that “blind opposition would be a mistaken and prejudiced attitude” that would lead to the neglect of “many opportunities for development” (42). Yet, the faithful should keep in mind ...read more

If there was ever a poor choice for speed-reading, it’s Caritas in Veritate. Yet, like a few of my colleagues and most Catholic journalists the world over, I was furiously attempting to plough through a very dense embargoed text to prepare notes on the sections pertaining to the economic matters. Doing so felt akin to ...read more