by David Kiblinger, SJ | Nov 9, 2017 | Global Catholicism, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
One of the things I love most about being Catholic is the sheer volume of details—names, places, images, practices, etc.—that make up our Church. It would take multiple lifetimes to investigate the half of them. Every so often, I like to dig a little bit deeper into...
by Colten Biro | Nov 8, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
There was a gunpowder tension quivering in the air… The words sat on the screen followed by a blinking cursor. It stared back at me as my fingers hovered over the keys. It wasn’t a bad start, but it felt wrong. Delete-delete-delete… My fingers extended in a...
by Edward Chow, SJ | Nov 7, 2017 | Global Catholicism, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
It’s almost impossible to make it through prime time news without hearing a story about conflict. If you’re like me, you’re also tired of hearing about it. For once, I’d like to hear about groups of people that have resolved a long-standing conflict or at least agreed...
by David Inczauskis, SJ | Nov 3, 2017 | Film, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
What do Darren Aronofsky’s recent film mother! and the Catholic Church have in common? They’re both really weird. The movie is a unique and disturbing interpretation of the story of God’s relationship with humanity. Aronfsky’s symbolism is obvious: Javier Bardem is...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Nov 2, 2017 | Humor, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
The Catechism of the Catholic Church was first promulgated by St. John Paul II 25 years ago, October 11, 1985. In honor of this silver anniversary, TJP would like to point out some surprising things about the Catechism. If you don’t own a copy, it can be found on the...
by Andrew Hanson | Nov 1, 2017 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
We’ve come inside from the road, a welcome reprieve from the brutally hot southern Arizona desert. Our host, the chief medical examiner, begins a thorough explanation of the death investigation services the Pima County morgue provides for Unidentified Border Crossers...
by Nick Courtney | Oct 31, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 5 mins
The sound of hammer hitting nail continues to reverberate through imaginations five hundred years after it ceased echoing through Wittenberg. On this day, five centuries ago, Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses and, so the story goes, began the Protestant...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Oct 30, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 4 mins
We’ve all read articles and listened to arguments about how the Catholic pro-life movement needs to take a broader approach to life issues. Aware of my male privilege, the complexities of the abortion issue, and saddened by the ways women have been shamed in this...
by Chris Williams, SJ | Oct 26, 2017 | Blogs, In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
59 were killed, and many more wounded on October 1st in Las Vegas. It was a massacre. I heard about the shooting the day it occurred, and I was hauntingly… unmoved. I knew that what happened was terrible. I felt pangs of sadness at a memorial Mass. But I didn’t feel...
by Henoch Derbew | Oct 24, 2017 | Faith & Politics, Race ~ Approx. 6 mins
In 1917, perhaps the worst race riot in American history was unleashed in East St. Louis. Through acts of mob violence and terrorism, up to 400 Black people were estimated to have been murdered and thousands were left homeless after their houses were destroyed. Today,...
