“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Sometimes we make snap judgments about others and ourselves. Tucker Redding, SJ, reflects on the knowledge that the one who knows us best is the one that calls us with great love.
Atomic Pilgrim: A Book Review
In his forthcoming memoir Atomic Pilgrim, James Patrick Thomas recounts his cross-continental pilgrimage from Washington State to the Holy Land and his later activism back home. Writing for The Jesuit Post, Luke Lapean, SJ reflects on how the memoir provocatively asks whether true success in the struggle for change lies in measurable outcomes or in the quiet, interior transformation of the one who walks the road.
Our Political Idols: Why We Mislabel the Popes (and Ourselves)
Media narratives try to force Pope Leo XIV into political boxes that no pope can check. Alex Hale, SJ warns that politics now replaces religion in shaping American identity and calls Catholics to rise above division in pursuit of unity.
Eating Vegan and Healthy Isn’t Selfish — It’s Faithful
The Catholic faith esteems the human body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Given the negative health outcomes of animal-based foods, Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ reflects how loving God, neighbor, and self through a plant-based diet seems to be a no-brainer.
10 Surprising Things in the Catechism
Rather read the legal text on your phone bill than the Catechism? Give the summary of the Church’s teaching another look.
Los Muertos Remain With Me
As we pray for All Souls in the month of November, Andrew Hanson, SJ tells of how our beloved deceased live on within us – sometimes, literally.
Finding the Martin Luther in All of Us
The Reformation began 500 years ago today. Or did it?
Can a “Broader Conversation” about Life Still Include Abortion?
What could it mean to truly expand the idea of being pro-life?
A Heart of Stone (My Own)
In the wake of recent tragedy, Chris Williams, SJ is haunted by his reaction.
The East St. Louis Race Riots: 100 Years Later
TJP interviews documentary filmmaker Sandra Pfeifer and Joseph A. Brown SJ about the 1917 riots, its legacy, and the hope for East St. Louis today.