As a Technical Producer for Salt and Light in his second WYD, my experience of Rio started months ago with the search for solutions to all the details of a live broadcast. Since our arrival my mind has been busy with possible outcomes to our work, it has been easy to fill my senses with ...read more

Download World Youth Day’s Liturgy Book for Rio 2013. The book includes the Official WYD Prayer, the message of His Holiness Benedict XVI, message from Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, the WYD 2013 Hymn, the Liturgy of the Hours, Patron Saints of the Day, a guide to Confessions, the Order of the mass for all the major events, the ...read more

Courtesy of ZENIT, a 360 interactive image is available of “Campus Fidei” (“Field of Faith”), the site of next weekend’s WYD Rio Prayer Vigil and Closing Mass. Check it out for yourself: Launch interactive image! ...read more

On the morning of February 11th I awoke to the news that Pope Benedict XVI had resigned. I remember a close friend and I discussing a vital revelation: we would have a new Pope for Rio 2013! Amazing to think that the new Pope would hail from the “end of the earth” and that millions ...read more

A reflection on Saint Benedict: Seeker of God in the Ordinary Things. ...read more

"Preferring Nothing to the Love of Christ" On the feast of Saint Benedict - July 11 ...read more

In solidarity with those affected by the recent tragedies in Calgary and Lac-Mégantic, today the Most Reverend Richard W. Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following message. Click here to read the full text of his letter. ...read more

Tonight on Perspectives: A closer look at Pope Francis’ message from Lampedusa, prominent churchmen weigh in on Lumen Fidei, and the Pope sends a letter of condolence to the people of Lac-Megantic. ...read more

Late yesterday afternoon, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops received the following message from the Apostolic Nunciature. It is a message from the Holy Father to the people of Lac-Mégantic. Upon learning of the tragic train derailment at Lac-Mégantic, with its many victims of whom a large number is still unaccounted for, His Holiness Pope ...read more

On Monday, July 8, Pope Francis visited the Italian island of Lampedusa off the coast of Tunisia, in solidarity with the many African migrants who have sought refuge there and in remembrance of those who have lost their lives in the attempt. The following is the homily of the Holy Father at an open air ...read more