Two members of the Salt + Light Television team will be high-level participants of the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in the Vatican from October 5 to 26. Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., CEO of Salt + Light Television, has been appointed to serve as the English Language ...

On today’s Zoomcast I interview Rob Astorino, the program director for The Catholic Channel on Sirius Radio. In his own words The Catholic Channel is talk radio by “average Catholics” for “average Catholics.” Astorino said he sees it as a way to bring the church to those who go to Mass, live the faith, but ...

  The financial markets in the United States and in various other countries around the world are in the middle of a crisis that is not showing any signs of resolution. The reasons underlining this economic slowdown are complex and extensive and their explanation best left to economists and financial advisors. However, without over-simplifying the ...

Canada is God’s country.   Well, there are many different countries/provinces/regions/counties that try to lay claim to that title. But with our vast and varied terrain, the peaking mountains, dipping lush valleys, expanse of beautiful prairies, rugged coastlines, and frozen tundra… how can anyone compete?   Regardless of that competition, editors of the newly-released Northern ...

Liturgically, this is one of my favourite weeks of the year. Today we celebrate the feast of the Archangels — St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael. One of my customs this day is to look up Scripture references to the different Archangels and meditate on it as I consider the work of these heavenly ...

The Archbishop of Bombay is calling the violence in India against Christians by Hindu extremists “inexplicable,” a “disgrace” and “madness,” Cardinal Oswald Gracias made the comments to L’Osservatore Romano earlier this week. Anti-Christian violence has ravaged the country after the murder of a Hindu leader by Maoist rebels in late August. Perhaps the most affected ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops plenary meeting had barely begun Monday morning when the floor was turned to its most highly anticipated speaker. This would be the first time that an Assembly of First Nations National Chief addressed the annual gathering. Phil Fontaine was set to chasten the Canadian bishops for their lack of ...

I’m not sure when it was that I heard my first John Michael Talbot song. Perhaps it was one of the songs we sang at Mass one day. I do remember when I was part of the 5:15 Saturday Music Group at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Toronto, we were quite the JMT fans. ...

I picked up a few bad habits in Journalism school. One is that I have two cappuccinos before 10:00am and the other is that every morning the first thing I do is turn on the news. The former gives me a jolt of energy, the latter sometimes has the ability to give me the shivers. ...

One of my earliest recollections of encountering the life of a saint was a biography on St. Pio of Pietrelcina, or Padre Pio as he is more commonly known. Though I don’t remember the title, I can vividly recall my mother reading the book to me as a young boy. I was captivated by it ...