by Colten Biro | Aug 2, 2018 | In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
When the story began, it appeared as a mere ticker-tape caption scrolling across the bottom of the screen: 12 young boys and their coach lost in the caves of Thailand. It was yet another tragedy which faded into the background noise of negative news. But then, in a...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Aug 1, 2018 | Global Catholicism, Sexuality, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
The term “LGBT” was recently used for the first time in a Vatican document. The working document setting the agenda for the Synod on the Youth taking place next Fall notes, “Some LGBT youth…wish to benefit from greater closeness and experience greater care by...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Jul 31, 2018 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 1 min
Today is the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. TJP’s David Inczauskis, SJ, had the great opportunity to travel to Spain and explore some of the sites from the life of Ignatius. Take a moment to see the sites and reflect on his...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Jul 27, 2018 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
If the definition of insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results, then I’m insane for seeing the latest “Jurassic Park” movie. None of them have even come close to the power and beauty of the original. I cannot recommend you see it,...
by Edward Chow, SJ | Jul 25, 2018 | Faith & Family, Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
Relaxing at a taverna against the backdrop of the sun glistening in the clear blue water surrounding a fantastical Greek island sounds like the perfect summer escape.1 Add in the songs of ABBA, and it just sounds like paradise. It was as true a decade ago as it is...
by Brian Reedy, SJ | Jul 24, 2018 | Global Catholicism, Pope Francis, Spirituality ~ Approx. 8 mins
The intercontinental duo is at it again! Two of Pope Francis’s close confidants, Italian Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro and Argentinian Presbyterian Rev. Marcelo Figueroa, have teamed up once more to investigate an aspect of American culture and highlight how the...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Jul 23, 2018 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, In the News ~ Approx. 2min
In July 1979 the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the right-wing dictator Anastasio Somoza DeBayle and marched triumphant into Managua, the Nicaraguan capital. Thirty-nine years later in July 2018, masses of Nicaraguans have gone to the streets...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 22, 2018 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Of course we need to feed the hungry, but compassionate people also study their faith and share it with others, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in this week’s “One-Minute Homily.”
by Sean Barry, SJ | Jul 20, 2018 | Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
It’s not what we’re born with that defines us. Rather, it is what we make of our circumstances that makes us the people we are. In a world full of superhero adaptations, this sentiment is hardly original or surprising. Just look at a few popular examples. It is not...
by Jim Kennedy, SJ | Jul 19, 2018 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, In the News ~ Approx. 6 mins
The troubling case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has become yet more troubling, as the details of previous settlements made to former priests who accused Cardinal McCarrick of inappropriate behavior was reported on the front page of The New York Times. The Church’s...
