Imitate God? How do we even begin? Well, we can receive the one we imitate, says Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ in this week’s One-Minute Homily.
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.
So what DOES the fox say?!
Sometimes you wonder why you just can’t look away…
A Prayer for Syria
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.
You Can’t Take It With You: Soul Edition
We remember the Irish keeper of the soul of the language and the South African who shared her soul with the world.
On Syria: Praying Because We Don’t Know What to Hope for
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?
Badass Redux: Saints
Pious ninnies my foot. These saints are hardcore.
The Transcendent Art of Video Games
Could a video a video game be a Portal (see what we did there?!?) to an experience of the transcendent? Nate Romano thinks so.