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Centre of renewal

Brother Emile first heard of Taizé in 1974 in his small hometown in Northern Ontario where there was not much to interest young people in Christianity. Accepting an invitation to visit the little...

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Agent of the Gospel of Joy

Christian Riesbeck was born in Montreal on February 7, 1970. He grew up in Ottawa, specialized in Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, and pursued studies for the priesthood in the Companions...

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Montreal’s shepherd and teacher

When Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte reached the retirement age of 75, few observers could have predicted his successor as Archbishop of Montreal. The Pope’s choice to lead Canada’s second largest...

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Witness: Dale Ahlquist

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer,...

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Medical miracles and the Saints

For 48 years, Dr. Seymour I. Schwartz served on the surgical faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. During his long career, this NYC-born surgeon became fascinated by...

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Niagara Catholic Chaplaincy Leaders Visit Salt + Light!

Today, we had the great pleasure of welcoming the Niagara Catholic Chaplaincy leaders to our office and studios for a professional development and workshop day. We started the day with morning prayer...

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Shedding light on Amoris Laetitia

This article was originally published in The Irish Catholic. It’s hard to deny that online debate about Amoris Laetitia has been marked far more by heat than light. Indeed, disagreement about the...

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A new song for Gatineau

Saint-Joseph Cathedral in Gatineau, Quebec will be filled with song this evening. One of the best voices in the cathedral happens to be the community’s newest member: Archbishop Paul-André Durocher....

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A veteran Vaticanista heads west

A fixture in the Holy See Press Office, John Thavis is now preparing to step down as the Rome Bureau Chief of Catholic News Service. Since 1983, the Minnesota native has covered the Vatican for CNS,...

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The digital pioneer of the Canadian Church

The Canadian Church is becoming increasingly engaged in new media. As the first Canadian priest with a blog, called Waiting in Joyful Hope, Fr. Thomas Dowd started the trend. Now an Auxiliary Bishop...

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Edmonton’s Archbishop reflects on eye-opening Haiti visit

The Archbishop of Edmonton is a familiar presence on Salt + Light — since 2008, S+L has televised the “Nothing More Beautiful” catechesis events at his cathedral. Archbishop Richard Smith’s national...

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Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus – Witness

Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus is just one of the many outstanding speakers at this year’s International Eucharistic Congress, which will be held from June 10-17 in Dublin,...

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Maria Voce – Witness

At this year’s 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Maria Voce will be one of the many outstanding speakers. Maria Voce is the international president of the Focolare Movement, one of the Church’s...

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