by Tucker Redding, SJ | Mar 13, 2023 | Papal News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 7 mins
Where were you when Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013? I was in Kingston, Jamaica. It was my second year in the novitiate (the first stage of Jesuit formation) and I was spending three months working at a Jesuit school there. As we were all waiting for the...
by Doug Jones, SJ | Oct 19, 2020 | Faith & Politics, In the News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 3 mins
The news these days does not paint a rosy picture for peace and goodwill around the world. The United Kingdom continues its agonizingly slow departure from the European Union. Tensions are flaring between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Lebanon’s decline into failed statehood...
by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Oct 5, 2020 | Creation, Current Events, Economics, Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, In the News, Papal News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 6 mins
On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, released the third encyclical letter of his papacy entitled Fratelli Tutti, on fraternity and social friendship. As with Laudato Si’, the title is an Italian quotation of the pope’s saintly...
