Turn the other cheek, give your cloak, love your enemies.
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.
A Frat Boy’s Confession: An Open Letter to the Fraternity Men of America
Unwittingly and with the best of intentions, I was an enabler of violence…
Advent On Film: “Babette’s Feast” & the Gift of Reconciliation
Can a good meal be more than just satisfying? Matt White SJ explores Babette’s Feast for its profound message of reconciliation.
Pope Francis’s Ecology Encyclical – What Can We Expect?
The word emanating from Vatican corridors is that we can expect to see the long awaited environment-themed encyclical at some point during 2015. The exact date has not been disclosed, but it could coincide with Francis’ apostolic visit to the Philippines in January, a...
In the Kingdom of the Enemy: Reading the Torture Report
Sin and violence has its own terrible internal logic, and the torture report shows us that we’re trapped in it.
Measuring Change
When it feels like he has nothing to write, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ knows something is wrong. Thank God it’s not permanent.
My Extreme Hero
Someone asked Jake Martin who his hero is, and his answer may surprise you.