Connect5: Fr. Patrick Ryan, SJ on ISIS, Boko Haram and the power of education

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Salt + Light Media

An expert in Arabic and Islamic studies examines ISIS and Boko Haram and explains how Western nations should respond to Islamic extremism. How are you going to spend the next five minutes of your time? You could browse social media or check your email, but how about meeting a fascinating person and learning something relevant […]

A Catholic Response to the Paris Attacks: Peace as a Work of Penance

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Warren Schmidt

As I begin writing this, one week has passed since the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. I currently live about 6 km from the scene of the worst of the bloodshed of November 13: the Bataclan concert hall where 89 of the 129 deaths occurred. At about 10:15 that evening, I […]

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Rodney Leung

Nov 13, 2015 — terror attacks in Paris. Nov 12, 2015 — terror attacks in Lebanon. In 2015 — kidnapping, massacres, bombings, suicide attacks, car bombs, mass shootings, hostages taken…… in Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, China, Philippines, France…around the world. By 13 November, 2015, there have been 289 […]

What is bigger: fear or mercy?

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Carlos Ferreira

It is very difficult to process what happened in Paris over the last few days. It is very easy to take the route of placing blaming to this group or the other. When I see people on social media saying that we should not welcome Syrian and Iraqi refugees because they are somehow responsible for what happened […]

Mom, how can people hurt each other so much?

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Rosina Di Felice

I recall with much vividness Sept 11, 2001. It was a surreal day that will always be remembered for all the evil and destruction at the hands of terrorists. Although violence has occurred since the beginning of time, this organized and premeditated act shocked the world and instilled a heightened fear of terrorism. I was […]

An integral response to the Paris attacks

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

The brutal attacks in Paris last Friday have sparked an impassioned conversation that has sadly, though necessarily, become part of our everyday lives, namely, what are we going to do about this? The draconian responses of the French government in pursuit of the perpetrators and against ISIS strongholds in Syria are understandable. So too is their […]

What To Do When Violence Touches Our Hearts….

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Salt + Light Media

The violent Paris attacks are not a sign of war, they are only proof of cowardly desperation. The criminals choose their victims at random from the streets, from a theatre, from the stadium… in some cases they choose them for their religious beliefs. How it is possible that young men became so disenfranchised from society and […]

Superhero Saints

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Noel Ocol

Welcome to S+L’s Weekly News Round-Up. As the Director of Marketing and Communications here at S+L, many interesting Catholic news stories and articles come across my desk on a daily basis. Some of them we’ll cover on our different television programs and others I’d like to share with you on this blog. This blog column […]

Second Chances: Judas and ISIS

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Noel Ocol

The Most Persecuted People on Earth

Monday, March 16, 2015

Stefan Slovak

The best estimates out there suggest that in the world today, there are approximately 2.1 billion people who in some way, shape or form profess themselves as Christian. Even in a world of seven billion that’s not exactly a fledging minority; in fact it is one of the single largest demographics on planet earth. Despite […]