Ontario Doctors Fight for their Conscience Rights – Perspectives Daily

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Stefan Slovak

Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience, condolences for flight crash victims in France, Ontario doctor’s take College of Physicians and Surgeons to court to fight for their conscience rights and a Catholic Church comes under attack in Pakistan.

Forgiveness: A Time to Love & A Time to Hate

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Salt + Light Media

S+L presents Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate. The PBS film provides an intimate look into the spontaneous outpouring of forgiveness: from the Amish families for the 2006 shooting of their children in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; the struggle of ’60s radicals to cope with the serious consequences of their violent acts […]

Meet the Cardinals: Karl-Josef Rauber

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — German Cardinal-designate Karl-Josef Rauber said he would be more than content to continue celebrating daily Mass and hearing the confessions of the Schonstatt Sisters he lives with and helping out with confirmations in the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The 80-year-old veteran Vatican diplomat said he knows […]

Address of the Holy Father: Ecumenical Prayer Service in Erfurt

Monday, January 20, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pope Benedict XVI gave the following homily at an ecumenical prayer service in Erfurt, Germany during his last papal visit to that country in 2011. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through them” (Jn 17:20). According […]

Anna Schäffer: suffering for love of Christ

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Carlos Ferreira

Among the seven new saints canonized by Benedict XVI this past weekend, maybe one of the lesser known new saints is Anna Schäffer, an example of how to accept pain and suffering. Anna was born in Mindelstetten, German on February 18, 1882. Her family was not a rich family and the death of her father […]

Catholic Focus: Schoenstatt

Monday, February 13, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Schoenstatt is a Catholic community with secular institutes for men, women, sisters, priests, and federations for youth and families. This Catholic Focus episode is an introduction into the Schoenstatt community.

2011 Year in Review – Perspectives Weekly

Friday, January 13, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Tonight on Perspectives: The Weekly Edition, Pedro reviews the big moments of 2011. Who better to talk to than three of Salt + Light’s producers who have been there covering those events. Kris Dmytrenko, Alicia Ambrosio and Cheridan Eygelaar give Pedro their perspective about the key moments for the Church in 2011.

Perspectives Daily – Monday, Nov. 7

Monday, November 7, 2011

Salt + Light Media

Tonight on Perspectives: Benedict XVI had a meeting with Canadian bishops today. Find out who was there and what special gifts they gave the Pope. Plus, a Vatican conference is asking why new vocations to the priesthood are decreasing in some dioceses, while booming in others. We tell you what they’re learning.

A special messenger from Germany

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Deacon Pedro

Let me tell you about Brother Paulus, a Capuchin priest based in Frankfurt who considers himself to be, in his own words, “a special messenger of God.” He has been involved in media for some 20 years and you need to watch the kind of work that he’s been doing. What’s unique is that it’s […]

CNS: The media and Pope Benedict’s visit to Germany

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Salt + Light Media

Since John Paul II, the pope has been in the spotlight of news media. But unlike his predecessor, Benedict XVI is not very easy for journalists to cover, as demonstrated by his recent four-day trip to Germany.