Conversations on Fratelli Tutti

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Salt + Light Media

The Church has a new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Join us this week for a special SLHour looking at the many themes from the encyclical. Deacon Pedro speaks with Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, Carolyn Woo, retired President of Catholic Relief Services, Luke Stocking, of Development and Peace-Caritas, Canada, Marie Claude Lalonde, National Director of […]

SLHour Special: Faith in a Time of Crisis:
Refugees, Laudato Si’, and Lebanon

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Salt + Light Media

We continue revisiting earlier conversations: the pandemic's effect on Rohingya refugees, environmental lessons we've learned, and Lebanon's crisis.

Faith in a Time of Crisis: Rohingya Refugees

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Salt + Light Media

Dominique Godbout tells us how COVID-19 has affected the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and about the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan.

Development and Peace Solidarity Quilt Visits S+L TV

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Noel Ocol

This year, Development and Peace is celebrating its 50 year anniversary with the Pilgrimage of the Solidarity Quilt. For the 2017 Lenten campaign, D&P launched a collaborative quilt project where each diocese in Canada has been asked to create a patch in honour of Development and Peace’s anniversary. The patches will form a quilt that will be […]

Small family farmers are at the heart of ecological justice

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

“I echo the desire of many in expressing my hope that the objectives outlined by the Paris Agreement do not remain simply as good words, but rather that they are transformed into courageous decisions!“ Pope Francis, Message for World Food Day, Oct. 14, 2016 Small family farmers are at the heart of ecological justice. That’s the message Development […]

What’s the Solution to Climate Change?

Friday, October 14, 2016

Deacon Pedro

Even if we disagree on the actual causes for climate change, we can agree that it’s taking place. But, do we agree of what we can do to help? What does the Church say? Is there a solution to climate change? To offer a suggestion, on this new episode of the Weekly Edition of Perspectives, […]

Light the Way to Climate Action – Toronto

Monday, November 30, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

In the lead up to COP21—the landmark international climate change summit in Paris—a massive climate mobilization has started happening around the world. On Sunday, November 29 at Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto, an event called “Light the Way to Climate Action” saw thousands of people come together of all faiths and backgrounds to stand in […]

Director of JRS Syria: “We don’t have the right to do nothing”

Friday, December 26, 2014

Sebastian Gomes

The Director of Jesuit Refugee Services in Syria, Fr. Nawras Sammour, SJ visited Toronto last week to speak about the ongoing civil war and refugee crisis plaguing his home country. The event, which was co-hosted by Canadian Jesuits International and Development and Peace, was held at the Jesuit parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in […]

Coast to Coast: August 21 to 29

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Alicia Ambrosio

Vancouver’s Archbishop Michael Miller and Bishop Jean Louis Plouffe of Sault Sainte Marie visited the Philippines to personally witness the post-typhoon rebuilding projects assisted by Development & Peace. At the same time Vancouver’s vice-chancellor Barb Dowding was in Fredricton, taking the reigns as national president of the Catholic Women’s League. Dowding spoke to S+L earlier […]

Ending World Hunger

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Salt + Light Media

In an unprecedented video message, Pope Francis appealed to the world to put an end to hunger by supporting the Caritas Internationalis campaign, One Human Family Food For All. The campaign headed by Caritas and its member agencies aims to end world hunger by the year 2025. Join host Cheridan Sanders to learn about the […]