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...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 17, 2018 | Social Media ~ Approx. 1 min
People need the Good News. We have the tools to share. But we’re stopping ourselves, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in the third video of “The Digital Church” series.
by Taylor Fulkerson, SJ | Jul 16, 2018 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism ~ Approx. 8 mins
A few weeks ago I went to the other side of “the wall of shame” for the first time. Yes, that’s really what it’s called. Here in Lima, Peru, a six-mile wall separates one of the richest parts of the city from one of the poorest. There is a...
by Colten Biro | Jul 13, 2018 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 7 mins
More Than Just “A Snap” of a Problem: When Thanos raised his hand and snapped, the feeling in the theater was palpable. A gasp here and there, a mumbled “no”, disbelief and horror, and then the goodbyes. Half the Marvel cinematic universe annihilated—cue the ominous...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Jul 10, 2018 | Social Media ~ Approx. 1 min
Pope Francis calls us to the frontiers – including the digital ones. This is the second video in a five-part series entitled “The Digital Church” by Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ.
