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“A constitution should be short and obscure.” – Napoleon. “A TJP post should be brief and enlightening.” – Our own Nate Romano.

Jane Campion’s ‘Top of the Lake’ explora las consecuencias del crimen. Brendan Busse, SJ piensa que no estamos simplemente interesados en quién merece morir por la culpa o quién lo hizo, sino cómo seguir viviendo cuando no sabemos cómo soportarlo más.

Fr. Paul Lickteig reflects on how the “thousands of little thoughts and feelings we have every day” are “part of us, and they reveal themselves in the shapes our bodies take” as he considers five sets of photo essays.

Sometimes one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Sometimes, someone’s trash is everyone’s trash.

Peter tiene 29 años de edad. Es catequista, está a cargo de casi treinta muchachas y muchachos, y cursa el último año de preparatoria. Vive en el Campamento de Refugiados en Kakuma. Esta es parte de su historia.

Peter is twenty nine years old. He is a catechist, a father-figure to nearly thirty others, and a high school senior. He lives in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. This is part of his story.

Sometimes you wonder why you just can’t look away…

On the day Pope Francis has called the Church to pray for peace in Syria, Tony Homsy, a Syrian Jesuit, asks God to bring a resurrection of peace to his country.

We remember the Irish keeper of the soul of the language and the South African who shared her soul with the world.

In the face of real tragedy and suffering, is praying for peace a real answer? Or is it just a cop-out to avoid hard choices?