Pope Francis has arrived in Jordan, the first leg of his three-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He will also visit Palestine and Israel before returning to Rome on Monday evening. Following the arrival ceremony at the airport in the Jordanian capital of Amman, he made his way to the Royal Palace for the meeting ...read more

Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ Wednesday General Audience, Canadian Fr. Michael Kolarcik, SJ named the new rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and an upcoming preaching conference. ...read more

A Joint Letter on the Meeting of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Jerusalem May 21, 2014   Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We give thanks to our Lord for the coming meeting of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew which will take place on May 25-26, in the holy city of Jerusalem. ...read more

Image: BETHLEHEM – A work of art of 14 meters long by 6 meters wide. Nothing is too big or too good to welcome the Holy Father. Created by a Palestinian artist, the figurative art piece, full of symbols, will be positioned as a backdrop behind the altar for the Papal Mass. A nativity scene ...read more

Monte Jeunesse 2014 happened in Quebec and Salt + Light was there. A special US Military pilgrimage took place in Lourdes, and the Superior General of the Jesuits decides its time to retire. ...read more

On this special extended holiday Monday edition of Perspectives Daily, we talk to Fr. Chris Lemieux the Incoming Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Toronto. ...read more

Here’s what’s been happening across the country this week: Vancouver has a new seminary. Six men from the Neocatechumenal Way are the first seminarians preparing for the priesthood at Vancouver’s new Redemptoris Mater seminary.  In St. Paul, Alberta a priest was shot and killed by a man who was later involved in a shootout with ...read more

On May 24, Pope Francis will become the 4th pope to visit the Holy Land, 50 years after the visit of Pope Paul VI in 1964. It promises to be a historic visit as our beloved Pope goes to Amman in Jordan and then to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Most of us don’t realize that there ...read more

Today on Perspectives, the launch of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Family of Faith Campaign and the announcement of the theme of the 2015 World Meeting Of Families in Philadelphia. ...read more

  Below is the address given by His Excellency Most Reverend Vincenzo Paglia Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia President of the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for the Family On the Occasion of the 2014 International Day of Families United Nations Headquarters, New York City May 15, 2014. The Family at the Heart of Human Development The ...read more