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Catholic 101: What is Vatican II?

Catholic 101: What is Vatican II?

by Dan Finucane, SJ | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic 101, Current Events, Global Catholicism, Series    ~ Approx. 7 mins

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, the 21st ecumenical (or worldwide) council to have taken place in the Catholic Church. In 1959, Pope Saint John XXIII called for an ecumenical council with the purpose of bringing the...
Catholic Guide to 2021

Catholic Guide to 2021

by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Jan 1, 2021 | Current Events, Events, Justice, Papal News, Pope Francis, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 7 mins

Happy New Year! Let’s all collectively wave goodbye to 2020. Whew- what a year! As we welcome in 2021, this year has a lot in store, and not just the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines or the swearing in of the second Catholic President of the United States. Here at TJP,...
An Overview of Fratelli Tutti

An Overview of Fratelli Tutti

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...
“Young People are Taking to the Streets!”

“Young People are Taking to the Streets!”

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...
Did Cardinal Pell Get a Fair Trial?

Did Cardinal Pell Get a Fair Trial?

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....

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