by Taylor Fulkerson, SJ | Oct 4, 2019 | Amazon Synod, Creation, Global Catholicism, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 4 mins
Back in July, I tried to excavate the part of the Pan-Amazonian Synod working document that seems to cause the most anxiety for some: the ordination of married men. While this and other concerns about the agenda have been circulating, they are in large part...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Apr 17, 2019 | Blogs, Holy Week, Lent, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
One thing poet and memoirist Mary Karr loves about Catholicism is the idea “that we are hunks of meat.” It was what she calls “sacred carnality” that led her to embrace Catholicism. “What I liked about the Catholic Church” she says, “is that there is a body on the...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Apr 16, 2019 | Global Catholicism, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Much media coverage of the burning Notre Dame de Paris missed a simple but fundamental point: Notre Dame was a church. The news stories and social media comments made many good points. Notre Dame was a beautiful building, it contained priceless art, many of us have...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Mar 28, 2019 | In the News, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 5 mins
There’s just something in the air this time of year. The days no longer feel so short. Those in school (or who work in them) can finally start to taste summer coming. This is also the start of my favorite season in sports: baseball season! It is opening day! 1 And...
by Edward Chow, SJ | Mar 4, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Justice, Sex Abuse Crisis ~ Approx. 2 mins
Last week, an Australian judge finally allowed the media to report that back in December, a jury had found Cardinal George Pell, the former archbishop of Sydney and until recently the head of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, guilty of historical sex abuse....
