Christ experiences the depth of human suffering, and he accompanies us in our own suffering. Check out this week’s One-Minute Homily by Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ, based on the readings for Palm Sunday, 2018.
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.
DOMA and the Cost of Denunciation
Will there ever be a time when we can all rejoice together?
#whatsyoursign
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Climate Change and the Global Poor
Our man John Shea takes a look at the possible overlap between the Church’s and President Obama’s climate change policies.
Prayer Doping: A Confession
Not wanting to fall behind professional cyclists in the public confession craze, the staff of TJP needs to get something off our chest.
Rev. James Heft: “In the Logos of Love”
Still making plans the summer? Tim O’Brien talks with the organizer with a conference he thinks you might just love.
Going Extinct #tbt
For this week’s #tbt, Vinny Marchionni remembers dinosaurs and movies that fire our imagination.