Remembering Pope Benedict XVI

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Salt + Light Hour

Benedict XVI was pope from 2005 to 2013. He is perhaps best known for being the first pope to step down from the papacy in over 700 years. On December 31, 2022, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died, at the age of 95. This week, on a special edition of the SLHour we remember Pope Benedict […]

Encore SLHour: Let Us Dream and Other Great Conversations

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Salt + Light Media

In this special edition, we learn about Pope Francis' book and a podcast on suffering, and we meet Thomas Muglia and Hannah Schaefer.

Best of SLHour: Remembering Fratelli Tutti and Other Great Conversations

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Salt + Light Media

This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we had on this program in the fall of 2020.

The Pope’s New Book: Let Us Dream

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Salt + Light Media

In his new book, Let Us Dream, Pope Francis invites us to dream together for a post-COVID world. Book collaborator, Austen Ivereigh, gives us the details.

A New Encyclical on Fraternity

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Salt + Light Media

The pope's biographer, Austen Ivereigh, tell us all about the new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, and we hear from singer/songwriter Chris Bray.

Creativity and prophecy are the hallmarks of a Christian in this time of pandemic

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Read this reflection on Austen Ivereigh's new interview with Pope Francis and how we are called to approach this time of crisis with creativity.

Vatican Connections: November 21, 2014

Friday, November 21, 2014

Alicia Ambrosio

The Vatican bank has repatriated twenty three million euros that were frozen for more than three years, by Italian authorities. The Institute for Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, announced the repatriation of the money in a statement released November 18. The funds were unblocked in 2011 but was not repatriated because […]