Pope’s Prayer Network Monthly Intention for May 2025

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Pope Francis

We pray that through work, each person might find fulfillment, families might be sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanized.

Pope Benedict XVI: A Lifelong Commitment to Ecumenism | One Body

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC

Pope Benedict XVI: A Lifelong Commitment to Ecumenism by Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC One day after his election to the papacy on April 19, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the College of Cardinals. He affirmed his commitment to the ecumenical agenda of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, and identified his primary task […]

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 […]

Theology in Public: Reflections on the Social Teaching of Benedict XVI

Friday, January 6, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

Gratitude for a generous gift. That is my overwhelming response to the life, ministry, and towering intellect of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Gratitude for this foremost public theologian of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Gratitude for his tireless efforts to communicate the faith of the Church in a world that is forgetting its theological […]

Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

A year into his pontificate, Benedict XVI wrote his Spiritual Testament. He thanked God, his parents, and loved ones, and reflected on the insights and challenges of theology in the 20th century. The Vatican released it on the day he died, December 31, 2022. Read the full text below: Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict […]

Statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Salt + Light Media

Statement by Bishop Raymond Poisson, Bishop of St-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Today, the Bishops of Canada join Pope Francis and all the People of God in mourning the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and thank God for his life […]

The Two Popes: A SLHour Windows to the Soul Special

Friday, January 17, 2020

Salt + Light Media

In this special edition, SLHour's "film expert", Sr. Marie Paul Curley, gives us her take on the movie everyone is talking about: The Two Popes.

A Comprehensive View of Life

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Salt + Light Media

Read Alex MacDonald's reflection on the consistent ethic of life and the distinction between pro-life and social-justice from the view points of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Pope Francis.