Tonight on Perspecitves: Pope Benedict XVI ordains new priests in Rome, Archbishop Christian Lépine officially begins his ministry in Montreal, as we look at the vocation of the priesthood. ...read more

A trip to Israel is more than a vacation. It’s a tour through biblical history, as well as an inner journey to meet Jesus. The people and places of the Holy Land testify to Him as a living Gospel account. On Catholic Focus, we take a pilgrimage to Israel. There, we go behind the scenes ...read more

Focolare comes from the Italian word meaning “hearth” or “family fireside”. This is a concept whose absence has been sorely felt in our times. People don’t gather around warmth communally anymore. Since the time of the fireside gatherings we have scrambled and sought ways to replicate this unique and necessary source of fellowship and solidarity ...read more

Focolare comes from the Italian word meaning “hearth” or “family fireside”. This is a concept whose absence has been sorely felt in our times. People don’t gather around warmth communally anymore. Since the time of the fireside gatherings we have scrambled and sought ways to replicate this unique and necessary source of fellowship and solidarity ...read more

With more than a year to go before World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro we’re starting to see logistical information being rolled out. Specifically registration information. The Rio organization advised would be pilgrims that registration will open in July 2012. Groups of up to 50 people can register through the on-line registration portal that ...read more

This past week Cheridan, S+L cameraman Dave Le Ross and I were in Chicago to attend and film DePaul University’s World Catholicism Week.  We met many wonderful students, administrators, professors and guest lecturers, who shared their thoughts with us about the conference and spoke about the meaning of Catholic education in our society today.  The ...read more

The Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation recently made it known that there is a possible miracle to support Archbishop Sheen’s cause. ...read more

Nothing More Beautiful “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” (Galatians 2:20 ) Nothing More Beautiful is the name Archbishop Richard Smith has given to a five-year initiative in service of the New Evangelization. The focus of Nothing More Beautiful is a series of evening encounters that ...read more

Our associate producers Cheridan Eygelaar and Sebastian Gomes are in Chicago this week. They took this photo of Depaul University students checking out S+L Magazine on a break during a conference put on by the university for World Catholicism Week. The conference runs April 16 – 20 at Depaul University in Chicago. ...read more

The economic crisis weighing down on Europe has caused staggeringly high unemployment rates, resulting in some families losing part or all of their income. People who never had trouble making ends meet, now find they need help feeding their families. At the same time many people who used to donate faithfully to aid agencies, have ...read more