by Kevin Kuehl | Oct 7, 2019 | Amazon Synod, Global Catholicism ~ Approx. 4 mins
Every morning as the sun begins to rise over the Kanuku Mountains just east of St. Ignatius Mission, twenty or so indigenous Guyanese faithful, from infants to elders, sit in their usual pews praying quietly. They all stand as Auntie Eva strikes the rusty metal...
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 Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 24, 2019 | Creation, Faith & Politics, Pope Francis, Science & Technology, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
As we approach the fourth anniversary of Laudato si’ on May 24, I ask myself: “What have I done to care for creation?” Pope Francis’ encyclical continued the tradition of counter-cultural exhortations of the Christian faith that call us to live a life that God...
by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ | Apr 3, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Pope Francis, Youth Synod ~ Approx. 5 mins
Christ is alive, and wants to draw young people to the center of a young Church. This is Pope Francis’ message in the apostolic exhortation he released yesterday, Christus vivit. The exhortation is long, probably too long for a document addressed to young people. It...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Apr 1, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Film, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 3 mins
I walked away from the movie “Unplanned” with one question: will it change minds? The abortion debate has raged since the 1970s in this country. The Catholic Church has struggled to present its teaching on abortion in an environment in which abortion has become a...
