Sometimes we are like Zacchaeus and sometimes we are like the crowd. Are there times when we have blocked people from seeing Jesus? Emmanuel Arenas, SJ, reflects on the story of Zacchaeus and having confidence in Jesus.
The Spiritual Foundation of a Lasting Ecological Conversion
How do the Spiritual Exercises speak to an ecological crisis? In this Season of Creation, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ proposes an “Ecological First Principle and Foundation” to ground a lasting ecological conversion.
Jesuit and Artist: A Vocation Shaped by Claver and the Tarahumara
How can brushstrokes become a prayer? In this reflection, Sebastián Salamanca-Huet, SJ recounts how St. Peter Claver and the Rarámuri people helped him see that being Jesuit and artist are not two callings, but one vocation.
What ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’ Tells us about the Origin of Human Dignity and the Meaning of Personhood
Canada has recently expanded the terms under which people may seek assistance in dying, even as New York is poised to legalize its own version of physician-assisted suicide. Erin Kast, SJ examines what these developments tell us about the differences in the meanings of ‘human dignity’ and ‘personhood’ as understood by the Church and in secular society.
Marvel—Written into a Corner?
In creating a whole universe of movies, miniseries, and television, did Marvel accidentally take it too far in Avengers: Infinity War?
A Church on the (Digital) Streets
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.
“The New Colossus”
Do we still welcome the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free”?
The Church Can’t Control the Internet
There’s a whole bunch of crazy online. It’s easy to criticize, but what we really need is a contribution, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in the first video in a series called “The Digital Church.”
Cardinal Sin: Another Dismal Failure
In light of new accusations of clerical sexual abuse, how can the whole Church respond to the sin in its midst?
Anti-Family Republicans?
Has the GOP chosen Trump over its own Christian values?