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.
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.
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.
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Worried you might miss the election of the new Pope? Don’t be. Quang Tran tells you why.
The Selection of Pope begins! Jeff Sullivan thinks that this selection process could learn a thing or two from another event in March – March Madness!
Over at Time.com, Jim Martin has posed a provocative question: does the Holy Spirit actually choose the pope?
What might life be like for one convert to Catholicism? Not every convert, just one. Joe Hoover imagines how such a simple, irreducible journey might unfold in the life of one man.
Taking a break from the all-crisis-all-the-time pre-conclave coverage, Sam Sawyer finds reason for hope in an encyclical from the pope emeritus.
Cry-rooms, the sequester, drones, putting out into the deep … and of course, more papal election news: another roundup of recent posts at TJP.