Sebastian prepares to interview Cardinal Donald Wuerl at the headquarters of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. Look for the interview to be featured in an upcoming S+L documentary about the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization. Cardinal Wuerl served as Relator General during the 2012 Synod.   ...

  40 Days for Life is a pro-life campaign that focuses on prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil to end abortion. This week on the SLHOUR we are joined by 40 Days campaign director, Shawn Carney who will tell us about the new book on this successful campaign. Mark Matthews tells us what’s good in Hollywood ...

With this week’s edition of Vatican Connections we’re already looking ahead to Easter and Holy week. The Vatican announced who will write the meditations for the Via Crucis that will take place at Rome’s coliseum, and released the pope’s liturgical itinerary for the next two months. As well, six men who were made Cardinals recently ...

If you’ve visited Jerusalem, you never forget your first glimpse of the Western Wall. (Even if you haven’t, you can virtually travel there via Google street view.) The holy site is bustling with noise and activity, quite unlike the hushed reverence one might expect. Bowing fervently as they chant their prayers, pious Jews are dwarfed ...

Join us in prayer for the intentions entrusted to us by Pope Benedict XVI. For February 2013, we join the Holy Father in praying for: Migrant Families. That migrant families, especially the mothers, may be supported and accompanied in their difficulties. Peace. That the peoples at war and in conflict may lead the way in ...

If a television producer predicts that the viewership of his new series will eclipse “Survivor”, “Celebrity Apprentice”, and “The Voice”, some skepticism is warranted. The statement becomes even bolder when the subject of this series is religious. Yet when the producer’s name is Mark Burnett, grand expectations are warranted. Burnett and his wife Roma Downey ...

Tonight on Perspectives: Israeli and the Vatican officials met in Jerusalem and we take a look at today’s General Audience. ...

By Shamin Malmas Edmonton (S+L) When most people hear the term archives, they conjure up an image of a dark and dusty basement where an unfriendly old historian lurks. But the term is so much broader: Archives can refer to a single document, like a photograph or a letter, an aggregate (or collection) of archival ...

Below is the full text of the homily delivered by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia at the Mass of Thanksgiving for St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Marianne Cope. The Mass was celebrated Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. I am Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia.  I ...

In 1996, seven Trappist Monks were killed in Tibhirine, Algeria. This week, we speak with John Kiser, author of The Monks of Tibhirine about faith, love and terror in Algeria. Danny Torchia has some PR tips for ProLife organizations, Andrew Santos tells us about St. Agnes and we meet singer/songwriter Michael James Mette and listen ...