St. Monica with her son, St. Augustine. This week we celebrate two saints who belong to the same family. More incredibly, one is responsible conversion of the other. We’re speaking, of course,  about St. Monica and St. Augustine. St. Monica was born in Tagaste, which is now Algeria. Because of her name and place of ...read more

Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To his saving power open the boundaries of states, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization, and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows what is in man. He alone knows it. So often today man does not know what is within ...read more

When you first heard about the food crisis in the Sahel — if you’re not learning about it now, for the first time — you probably felt a sense of déjà vu. Wasn’t it just last year that a major famine struck Africa? Yes, but that was the Horn of Africa, consisting of Somalia, Ethiopia, ...read more

As can be seen, before being a doctrine, Christianity is an “event,” indeed, a Person: it is Jesus of Nazareth. He is the heart of the Christian faith. Hosts of saints, monks, and mystics have left everything to enjoy intimacy with him. But Christ can also be met in the world’s highways. The great Dostoyevsky, ...read more

The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) has is determined to push for the criminalization of  purchasing sexual services, and for employment insurance benefits for adoptive mothers. The group made the announcement at the end of their annual convention August 17. The announcement might come as a surprise to many Canadian Catholics. The CWL is most often ...read more

Today on Perspectives, a Cardinal takes ill, persecution of Christians in Pakistan, the Vatican works to reconcile with religious communities and the Vatican’s astronomer discuses the possibility of new life and new civilizations. ...read more

Our heartfelt congratulations to our marketing manager Joshua Lanzarini who was married on Saturday August 4, 2012 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. On behalf of all of us here at Salt + Light, we give Joshua and Elena our warmest congratulations. Joshua is a jack of all trades – he’s the creative talent behind the design ...read more

A year ago Madrid was getting ready to receive the pope. The youth of the world arrived in Madrid to celebrate the faith. But one year after, were there fruits? I first thought about this when Salt and Light prepared the anniversary of WYD 2002. As a staff member for the Madrilenian WYD I asked ...read more

In July 2012, an unprecedented event happened in Shanghai, China. Bishop Ma Daqin, was ordained an auxiliary bishop with papal approval. Upon his ordination he denounced his membership with China’s Patriotic Association (a government agency which controls the Catholic Church in China) in front of the government officials. His courageous declaration received praise inside and ...read more

Just as the faithful of Vancouver have a pilgrimage to celebrate the feast of Assumption, Catholics in Edmonton have their own shrine to visit on this feast. The Skaro shrine, located 80 km northeast of Edmonton, was built at the turn of the 20th century by residents of the Polish settlement there. In 1904 residents ...read more