The Salt + Light team in Rome spoke with Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta, Indonesia. Archbishop Hardjoatmodjo comments on his thoughts of #synod14 and addresses challenges he faces in his archdiocese. ...read more

The S+L team in Rome spoke with Archbishop John Hung Shan-Chuan, SVD of Taipei. Archbishop Hung addresses the challenges the church in Taipei faces and comments on married life in Taiwan. ...read more

The Salt + Light team in Rome spoke with Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, USA. Archbishop Kurtz comments on the lay members of the synod and addresses his plan once he returns from #synod14. ...read more

The Salt + Light team in Rome spoke with Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, superior general of the Society of Jesus. Fr. Nicholás comments on the historical context of the synod along with the changes in attitude happening during #synod14. ...read more

The Salt + Light team in Rome spoke with Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria. Archbishop Kaigama describes the development of the synod during week 2 and discusses the problem of polygamy in Africa. ...read more

Earlier this year, Pope Francis declared Francois de Laval and Marie de l’Incarnation saints. These two missionaries were amongst the first pioneers who laid the foundations of the Church in Canada. This past Sunday, October 12, pilgrims gather at the Vatican for a special mass celebrated by the Holy Father in honour of their canonization. ...read more

The Salt + Light team in Rome spoke with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, and one of the three President Delegates of the Synod. Cardinal Tagle gave his response to the Relatio Post Disceptationem and recalls that the Synod of Bishops has a spirit of listening. ...read more

On the occasion of the beatification of Paul VI, Goya Productions launches a new documentary that rediscovers the figure of the pope unfairly criticized and forgotten. To him do we credit, among other things, the famous encyclical Humanae Vitae. This is a one of the themes being discussed on the Synod of the Family that ...read more

On Friday, October 17, a mass will be celebrated for vocations to the ordained life in the Diocese of Montreal. It will be presided by Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal, at the Major’s Seminary Chapel. Various movements, communities, priests and religious will be present at this Eucharistic celebration. The mass will be live-streamed on the ...read more

On September 27, 2014, as early as 7:00am, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from over 80 countries made their way to Madrid’s Parque de Valdebebas for the Beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, the first successor of the founder of Opus Dei, St. Josemaria Escriva. Our group of 50 Canadians travelled by Metro to the ...read more