Are you aware of the persecutions endured by our Eastern Catholic brothers and sisters, in the past and at present? In his May 28th National Catholic Reporter article, John Allen writes of the Greek Catholic Church’s sufferings in the past: Under the Soviets, the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine was the largest illegal religious body ...

Doors Open Toronto, which took place a couple of weekends ago, opened my eyes to the city I live in. Doors Open Toronto is an annual event in which the City of Toronto opens the doors of at least 150 of its buildings of architectural, social, or historical significance.  These are buildings you usually can’t ...

Today in his farewell address at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, the Holy Father made direct reference to the political unrest in Cyprus saying that his accommodations at the Apostolic Nunciature, which is located in the United Nations buffer zone, provided a vantage point from which he witnessed Cyprus’ pronounced division first-hand. “Having stayed these past ...

The following is Pope Benedict’s full address from today’s presentation of the Instrumentum Laboris for the Synod of Bishops’ Special Assembly for the Middle East: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I thank Archbishop Eterovic for his kind words, and I renew my greetings to all of you who have come here in connection with ...

This trip to Cyprus has indeed been a full one with, no doubt, reams of fruit yet to come. One highlight of the the trip came to us only after the cameras stopped rolling yesterday. Catholic News Service’s Cindy Wooden writes about a moment involving the grand sheik of a Muslim spiritual movement from northern ...

[singlepic id=66 w=150 h=150 float=right]What does it take to make the world a better place? What can we do to end conflicts around the world? Maybe all that’s needed is for people to get to know each other: to work, study and live together, to break down barriers and prejudices – today on S+L Radio ...

This afternoon in Cyprus, Pope Benedict addressed the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, at the Archbishop’s residence in Nicosia. In his address, Pope Benedict called for “full and visible communion” between the Churches of the East and the West; a communion “to be lived in fidelity to the Gospel and the ...

While most of us here in Toronto were still tucked in our beds, Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule for his second day in Cyprus had already kicked into high gear and thus the day for the S+L Cyprus crew began at 2:30 am ET. The Holy Father’s itinerary and the groups with whom he will be ...

This morning, Pope Benedict XVI landed on Cyprus, a Mediterranean island located south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon. Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, welcomed the Holy Father at 2pm local time. The country’s president, Orthodox clergy, politicians and select Roman Catholic faithful were among those present for the ...

Today marks Day 1 of the Holy Father’s three-day visit to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This being the first time a pope has ever set foot on Cyprus, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit is highly-anticipated, though not without substantial political and ecumenical implications. Cyprus has been a country divided for over 30 years following a ...