Recently, I was able to screen the documentary Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under European Communism. Part of the Vision & Values series created by the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, of which the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is a member, this documentary was truly eye-opening. I never thought of what these Sisters could have been ...read more

The Canadian magazine Maclean’s has published a lengthy article titled The Truth About Priests. The article addresses clergy abuse, and uses the recent Bishop Raymond Lahey scandal as a starting point. It includes interviews with different psychologists, priests, authors, and victims. The article can be read HERE. ...read more

Yesterday, I wrote about my trip to Laval, Quebec and began to list five things that we can do to help alleviate the feeling that our faith is a burden. I continue today with items four and five. Four: The Saints We’re called to be saints, so let’s learn about them! These holy men and ...read more

Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar are three locations that evoke images of exotic foreign lands. It’s certainly off the usual travel route for most North Americans and it’s not every day we here at S+L read those names in the Vatican’s daily press bulletin. Today, however, the Holy See appointed a Papal Nuncio to those three ...read more

This past Sunday and Monday I was in Laval, Quebec to speak at the Holy Name of Jesus parish mission. I appreciated being there, first of all because it was in a region that is named after Blessed François de Laval, who is one of the great figures of the Canadian Church. In fact, from ...read more

Have you ever considered approaching Advent like Lent? It seems like an odd suggestion, seeing as this is a season of hope — but consider it for a moment. In Advent, we prepare our hearts for the coming of the Infant Jesus. Let’s face it, in the hustle and bustle of this time of year ...read more

As many of you know, the classical music trio, The Priests released their second album, Harmony, last week. They will be in Toronto at the end of this week, Friday, December 4th, offering a special performance at St. Paul’s Basilica. The evening will feature songs from their second album with a percentage of proceeds going ...read more

Two Sundays ago, I attended Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The 5:30am liturgy is the first of several of the day; at 7:00am, for instance, the Greek Orthodox celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the same common area, beginning in the Chapel of the Sepulchre and proceeding to their portion of ...read more

It’s the first Sunday of Advent this weekend. To mark the beginning of this time of preparation for the Lord, Pope Benedict XVI will preside over First Vespers at St. Peter’s in Rome. You can catch this live, in its original broadcast audio, on Salt + Light Television Saturday, November 28th at 11am ET/8am PT, ...read more

I had been explaining some red-flags that I found in the book Final Exit by Derek Humphry (see Part II, and also Part I), and ended up talking about relativism: you may not want euthanasia for yourself, but don’t impose your beliefs on someone else, which is the number one flaw with this book, and ...read more