Henry Longbottom, SJ offers some thoughtful suggestions for how to get ready to read Pope Francis’s forthcoming encyclical.
Posts in Justice
Against the Wall: Border Crossings and Still Small Voices
Borders are places of encounter and division, hope and despair. Garrett Gundlach, SJ finds all of these on both sides of the border after a recent visit to Nogales.
When the Numbers Don’t Just Add Up: Budgeting Justice
Resident finance guru Quentin Dupont examines how the quest for the perfect budget can’t only be about the numbers.
The Fault: Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Violence
Faults are rupturing all around us. Brendan Busse asks us to look at the tensions beneath the crisis.
Confronting Inner Prejudices
In his first TJP essay, Lucas Sharma describes his experience of confronting racism in a new city and prejudice in himself.
This I Believe: Created in God’s Image
If we’re all made in God’s image and likeness, Damian Torres-Botello, SJ offers a prayer that we might all embrace that godly image.
The Trans-Pacific What Now?
TJP’s Ken Homan, SJ reacts to TPP: a secretive free-trade bill that ignores the poor.
The After-Math: Which Lives Matter?
In light of even more troubling events in the news, Brendan Busse reflects not just on how many deaths matter but on how any lives matter.
No SNAP for You!
Should the poor be banned from eating certain foods? Nate Romano explores what is really behind recent attempts to change what SNAP (more commonly known as food stamps) can be used for.
Yo Quiero Real Happiness
A fast food breakfast commercial nearly tricked Danny Gustafson, SJ. Now he’s wondering what advertisements are really telling us.