Special SLHour: Remembering WYDs from Buenos Aires to Lisbon

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Salt + Light Hour

On this special edition of the SLHOUR we remember the first 34 years of World Youth Days, and we hear theme songs from Buenos Aires to Panama.

Encore SLHour: Remembering WYDs from Buenos Aires to Sydney

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Salt + Light Media

This coming week, we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of World Youth Day 2002, which took place in Toronto. Since 1984, young people from around the world have been gathering together with the Holy Father in celebration of our Faith. This week, on a special edition of the SLHOUR we remember the first 24 years of […]

Meet the Cardinals: Luis Hector Villalba

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Luis Hector Villalba of Tucuman, Argentina, was watching the Angelus prayer from the Vatican on television Jan. 4 when he heard Pope Francis — an old colleague and countryman — read his name as one of 20 new cardinals. He then went to the […]

KofC Production Team: On Location in Buenos Aires, Home of Francis

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Salt + Light Media

Filming on location The Knights of Columbus Production team for Francis: The Pope from the New World gather in front of the childhood home of Pope Francis. The site is now a designated “Historic Site” in Buenos Aires.

Meet the Cardinals: Mario Poli – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Salt + Light Media

By David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Since being named archbishop of Buenos Aires in March, Cardinal-designate Mario Aurelio Poli has shown similarities in the pastoral approach of his predecessor, Pope Francis. “He’s a lower-profile person, he listens a lot, talks little and is very friendly,” said Jose Maria Poirier, director of […]

Vatican Connections: Meet Pope Francis

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Alicia Ambrosio

The announcement of the name Jorge Mario Bergoglio from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica stunned the world and brought Latin Americans to their knees. This week we look back at that moment when we was presented to the world, and we go “to the ends of the earth” to find out more about our […]