Pilgrims have returned home, Copacabana Beach has been cleaned and Rio de Janeiro has returned to business as usual, but in the hearts of everyone something has changed. Something has to have changed. This has been my fourth international World Youth Day and every time, something changes. Perhaps it’s an insight, perhaps an emotion or ...

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, Andre Regnier speaks to us about what a Catholic missionary identity is; Kelly DiDomenico of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace tells us about a food crisis in West Africa; the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles have a new album, Angels and Saints ...

Post-Communion Remarks of Most Rev. Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine at the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 2013 I am very pleased that John Paul II is present with us in this sacred relic. During his pontificate, Blessed John Paul II had a strong relationship ...

Homily of Most. Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of the Annual Memorial Mass for deceased Knights at the 131st Supreme Convention in San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 2013 I. Introduction – Our Eyes Have Not Seen A. Each year at our Supreme ...

Associate Editors of The Jesuit Post Sam Sawyer, SJ (left) and Eric Sundrup, SJ (middle) have teamed up with Salt and Light’s Sebastian Gomes (right) to create a new podcast that puts the Catholic faith in dialogue with modern culture.  The objective: to discuss serious issues affecting the church and the world… without taking themselves ...

At the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, Most. Rev. Gerard Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, inaugurated the Marian Prayer Program in honour of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of the Basilica Cathedral of Notre-­Dame de Quebec. Below are his remarks presenting the Prayer Program, August 7, 2013 Bonjour ...

Tonight in San Antonio, Texas at the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston gave the following keynote to the over two thousand Knights, their wives, bishops, cardinals, and priests gathered for the States Dinner. The New Evangelization in the Pontificate of Pope Francis Keynote Address of His Eminence Seán ...

Remarks of Most Rev. Richard Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops at the States Dinner of the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Antonio, Texas, August 6, 2013 Your Eminences and Excellencies, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, Dorian, Brother Knights, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am ...

Remarks of Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the States Dinner of the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus. Our Supreme convention has special significance as we assemble during this Year of Faith, convoked by our former Holy Father, Pope ...

Invocation of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston at the State Dinner of the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Antonio, Texas, August 6, 2013 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Creator of all things, God of Mercy and Consolation, Protector of all who trust in you, in the fullness of ...