Here is Pope Francis’ greeting conveyed to the 132nd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Orlando, Florida on August 5, 2014: His Holiness Pope Francis was pleased to learn that from 5 to 7 August 2014 the 132nd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held in Orlando, Florida. He has ...read more

  Below is Most Reverend John G. Noonan, Bishop of Orlando’s , opening mass homily delivered August 5, 2014 at the Knights of Columbus 132nd Supreme Convention: Today the 5th of August marks the dedication of Rome’s first Marian Basilica; it is said that Mary signaled her choice of the churches site with an August ...read more

1.8 million men compose the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization, the Knights of Columbus. They strive to perform all good works as led by their four core principles of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. In conjunction with the Denver Broncos ,Catholic Athletes for Christ and the Coats for Kids Foundation, the Knights provided ...read more

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing with you some of the content from a conference in homiletics that I recently attended as part of St. Augustine’s Seminary’s 100th anniversary celebrations (Read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4). There are many ways to prepare a homily, but preaching experts agree ...read more

Sebastian Gomes, Salt + Light  writer/producer/director of The Francis Effect, gives us a glimpse into filming the documentary: David Gibson is a renowned journalist, author and Catholic commentator.  As someone who knows well the history of the modern papacy and how the Vatican functions, he was a “must have” for our documentary.  I suspect that you ...read more

Last summer Pope Francis was sending millions of young people into a frenzy at World Youth Day Rio. This summer he will be attending the Asian Youth Day in Daejon, Korea, It will be the first time a pope has attended this Asian youth event. In truth, Asian Youth Day will be one part of ...read more

Learn more about the lifeSt. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church to commemorate his Feast day on August 1st. ...read more

The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization, is currently comprised of 1.8 million members in 15,000 councils world-wide. In addition to councils based out of local churches, the Knights of Columbus also have councils based out of Catholic colleges and universities. Here the Knights of Columbus council #1477 from the ...read more

The Knights of Columbus Crew on location in Mexico filming John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent.  ...read more

On Thursday afternoon July 31, Sebstian Gomes, producer at Salt and Light gave this interview to Minnestota Public Radio (MPR). The background for the interview was the situation surrounding Archbishop John Nienstedt, Archbishop of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Listen to the radio interview here. Sebastian explained the Vatican’s response to and Pope Francis’ decisive actions on behalf ...read more