• Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • Topics
    • Catholic 101
    • Jesuit 101
    • Current Events
    • Pop Culture
    • Spirituality
  • Videos
    • One-Minute Homilies
    • One-Minute Saints
    • Anti-Racism Video Retreat
    • Lenten Video Retreats
  • Podcasts
    • The Jesuit Border Podcast
    • Podcast: Audio Retreats
  • TJP Archives
  • About
    • About TJP
    • Curriculum Guide
    • Staff + Contact
    • Jesuit Vocations
The Jesuit Post
Catholic 101: The Doctrine of Discovery

Catholic 101: The Doctrine of Discovery

by Tim Perron, SJ | Oct 24, 2022 | Catholic 101, Current Events, Global Catholicism, Papal News, Pope Francis    ~ Approx. 7 mins

During the period that Saint John Paul II was pope from the late 1970s through 2005, he apologized and asked forgiveness for the history of Christian slave-holding and for the injustices inflicted by colonizing Christians. In the same spirit, Pope Francis traveled to...

Newsletter

Most Read

  1. What Makes Jesuit Community Feel Like Home Joe Ertle, SJ
  2. Catholic 101: What is prayer? How do I pray? David Romero, SJ
  3. #Examen: Clicking, Liking, and Posting for the Greater Glory The Jesuit Post
  4. Pope Leo on Migrants: Welcome the Living Presence of Jesus Nate Cortas, SJ
  5. Jesuit 101: The First Principle and Foundation: What Are Human Beings Made For? Josh Hinchie, SJ

Editors’ Picks

  • Discovering Ignatius: Caricature or Icon? | Podcast
    Jim Kennedy, SJ
  • St. Ignatius’ Most Important Lesson: Pay Attention to What Is Catching Your Attention
    Orlando Portalatin, SJ
  • Three Simple Lessons from St. Ignatius
    Humberto (Beto) Guzmán Parra, SJ
  • Another Deathbed Conversion
    Adam Bohan, SJ
  • The Sign of the Cross | One-Minute Homily
    Joseph Dickan, SJ

The Jesuit Post Follow

Young Jesuits seeking God in all things. TJP covers current events, spirituality, and pop culture from a Jesuit, Catholic perspective. @americamag

TheJesuitPost
thejesuitpost The Jesuit Post @thejesuitpost ·
16 Jan

Drawing on Pope Leo’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, Nate Cortas SJ reflects that welcoming migrants isn't a political preference but a Gospel demand. In the stranger at our door Christians encounter the living presence of Jesus Himself.

Read here:

Reply on Twitter 2012175259315712413 Retweet on Twitter 2012175259315712413 1 Like on Twitter 2012175259315712413 Twitter 2012175259315712413

RSS From America Magazine

  • How bad theology about God distorts our understanding of Mary January 20, 2026
  • Archbishop Broglio: It is ‘morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland January 20, 2026
  • Frank Gehry’s religious imagination—and a little Los Angeles chapel January 20, 2026

Most Shared Posts

  • A New Teaching with Authority | One-Minute Homily
  • Hearts on Fire: Applying the Spiritual Exercises in the 21st Century
  • St. Paul, St. Ignatius, and Salesmen | One-Minute Homily
  • The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Every Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
  • Be a Little More Shameless | One-Minute Homily
  • Jesuit Vocations
  • Society of Jesus in Canada & the United States
  • Ignatian Solidarity Network
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
© The Jesuit Post, All Rights Reserved