A basketball game in St. Peter’s square? Yup. It happened in 1955. And though they aren’t fielding a team, you can bet that just like millions around the world, the folks at the Vatican will keep an eye on the World Cup that begins in South Africa on June 11th. When you think of the ...

At the Wednesday General Audience Pope Benedict sent a greeting to those gathered in New Orleans for the Catholic Media Convention.  What he said is a great reminder for call Catholic communicators: The theme of your meeting, “Spreading the Good News — Byte by Byte,” highlights the extraordinary potential of the new media to bring ...

The fifth and final encounter of the second year of Nothing More Beautiful airs this Saturday. The theme of this episode is Jesus Christ: Revelation of the Trinity. The catechesis talk is given by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, while the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Carl ...

Politics are something that I would rarely associate myself with and a section of the newspaper that I’d normally use to wrap up my valuables rather than read. Working in media and television, I have been exposed to politics on a local, national and international scale. I was in the room last year at Queen’s ...

Last week we went on a mission. Wally, the ever reliable cameraman, and I went with a group of students from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary school in Mississauga, Ontario, on a mission trip to the Yukon. The plan was to spend the first two days at Camp Braeburn, north of Whitehorse helping get ...

And so begins my trip to the emerald isle. A six and a half hour flight to Dublin and a three-hour bus trip brought me to Dundrum, Northern Ireland. I must say that I have never before seen a place quite like this. A ride through this country is like a 10-course feast for the ...

[singlepic id=64 w=150 h=150 float=right]What is it about the Catholic Faith that attracts you? Why do so many people join the Church every year? Today we will speak with a young woman who is coming into full communion with the Catholic Church and we meet singer/songwriter Shawn Williams from Nashville, who we met at the ...

When we subject young people to “charity for credit” are we communicating something we shouldn’t? Namely, that charity to one’s neighbour can be neatly contained, scheduled and ticked off as just another item on a to-do list? Or is scheduled community service necessary to fashion the up-and-coming generation into a generous and compassionate one? Our ...

This Friday I will be boarding a red-eye flight from Toronto’s Pearson airport. My final destination: Northern Ireland. As I mentioned on Tuesday’s Perspectives, I am one of ten lucky candidates sponsored by the St. Patrick Centre to take part in their Young Ambassador Program. The St. Patrick Centre is located in Downpatrick, right next ...

As the Archdiocese of Edmonton gears up for the final encounter of the second year of Nothing More Beautiful this evening, to be broadcast in early June on Salt + Light, we wanted to bring to the attention of our readers the latest Canadian Bishop to join the blogosphere: Archbishop Richard Smith. The Archbishop of ...