Below you will find the official text for Breda O’Brien’s personal testimony, as delivered on Day 3 of the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Good afternoon, everyone. When I was asked to speak at the Congress, I was both deeply honoured and deeply terrified. I have never missed a deadline for my Irish Times column, ...read more

Since the very beginning, Carl Anderson has been a great friend to all of us at Salt + Light.  In the meantime, he continues to play a very important role in the Universal Church, in his capacity as Supreme Knight for the Knights of Columbus. Earlier today in Dublin at the International Eucharistic Congress, Anderson ...read more

On day three of the International Eucharistic Congress, the catechesis was delivered by Archbishop Barry James Hickey, Emeritus Archbishop for Perth in Western Australia. Below you can find the full copy of his text. Catechesis on the Eucharist and the Christian Family by Archbishop Barry James Hickey Emeritus Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia 12 June 2012 ...read more

S+L’s Kris Dmytrenko gives us an inside look at a Mass with Canadian pilgrims on Day 2 of the 2012 IEC in Dublin, Ireland. Presiding at Mass was Archbishop Albert LeGatt of St. Boniface, MB. ...read more

Today has been an incredible day for both our team in Dublin, Ireland and those of us here at home. The buck doesn’t stop here though! There’s much more happening throughout the week. Earlier today, we heard from Br. Alois Löser, Prior of Taizé Community in France, and a testimony from Dr. Maria Voce, International ...read more

Salt + Light Television is pleased to bring you the Opening Ceremony and Mass from the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, Ireland, via our YouTube channel. The homily was given by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Note: The Opening Mass begins at 2 hours and 57 seconds. ...read more

Salt + Light’s Sebastian Gomes speaks with pilgrims from the Diocese of London, Ontario about their hopes for this year’s Congress. ...read more

Below is the full text of Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin. His catechesis was presented earlier today at the Royal Dublin Society arena at the International Eucharistic Congress. Those of us who studied theology, at least here in Ireland, at the time of the Second Vatican Council were greatly influenced by the Council’s ...read more

To much fanfare throughout Canada, the Archbishop of Toronto was recently made a Cardinal by Benedict XVI. Last night, Cardinal Thomas Collins returned to where it all began: his hometown parish in Guelph, Ontario, where he had been baptized. The faithful filled the Church of Our Lady Immaculate for a celebration of Evening Prayer. He ...read more

He celebrated his first Mass as a cardinal with Pope Benedict XVI, gave thanks with his priests in Toronto, and now His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins will go to the place where it all began for a special celebration. On March 22, Cardinal Collins will visit Guelph, Ont. and preside at a vespers prayer service. ...read more