A 19th Century Archbishop of Warsaw who was exiled to Siberia. A 19th century Spanish Dominican Priest Another 19th century priest who ministered to lepers on the Hawaiin island of Molokai A 27 year old Spanish Cistercian monk who lived in the early 1900s. And a 19th Century French sister and foundress of the Little ...

Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir cette vidéo. Back in September, Salt + Light was privileged to receive a visit by Laura Molla and Giuseppe Pannuti, daughter and son-in-law, respectively, of St. Gianna Beretta Molla. Catholic News Service also covered their brief stay in North America, which was capped off by an address to a ...

With a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica October 4th, Pope Benedict XVI opened the Synod of Bishops for Africa. Although the Mass was conducted mainly in Latin and Italian, a choir from Congo sang traditional African Hyms and the Mass booklets were illustrated with sacred art from Congo, Togo, Burundi and Ethiopia. The theme of ...

Several years ago I got in a friendly argument with an acquaintance about a very important topic. We were debating the acting skill of Al Pacino. Not much to debate, you might say? Well, I agree. However, my acquaintance insisted Pacino was overrated and had a tendency to “scream” throughout his films. Maybe it’s just ...

If you turned your Sirius radio dial to the Catholic Channel a week ago Saturday, you were privy to an exclusive preview of Joe Zambon’s new album “There and Here”. As S+L Radio’s featured artist, the Ottawa-based singer-songwriter shared three tracks from his third release, which officially dropped the following day. Host Pedro Guevara-Mann accurately ...

This past Sunday in parishes across Nova Scotia, a letter was read from Archbishop Anthony Mancini, the Archbishop of Halifax, Apostolic Administrator of Yarmouth and Apostolic Administrator of Antigonish. The letter offers his reaction to the arrest of Bishop Raymond Lahey on charges of possession and importation of child pornography. October 2nd 2009 To the ...

It was a joyous day for Salt + Light on Saturday as we celebrated the wedding of two of our own. Our viewers will certainly recognize the bride. Mary Rose Bacani has been with Salt + Light since it’s beginning some six years ago and has been involved in many of our viewer’s favourite productions: ...

It’s no doubt that Parish Priests face many challenges: declining participation in faith, aging parishes, priest shortages and growing disrespect for clergy – these are all themes addressed in Mons. Denis Murphy’s new book: A View From the Trenches – tonight on S+L Radio we speak to Mons. Murphy and we feature the wonderful audio ...

Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Thérèse of Lisieux – one of the most beloved saints of our Church. Her popularity only grows year after year, as is evident with the current tour of her relics throughout England where nearly 70-thousand people turned out in the first 10 days for veneration. (on a side ...

A Russian baroness in the backwoods of Canada seems like an odd scenario, but that was in fact the case when Catherine Doherty arrived in 1947 to Combermere, Ontario. She would remain there for the rest of her life, until her death in 1985. While there she founded Madonna House (a group of lay men, ...