Scorsese's latest film 'Silence' may be set in 17th century Japan but it resonates with modern day issues like the torture of prisoners and the persecution of Christians.
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Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ – prayer and provocation
Scorsese's latest film 'Silence', based on the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo, is a provocative but rewarding watch, according to Dermot Roantree of Irish Jesuit Communications
Read More »Taking stock of the Paris Agreement
One year on from Paris Agreement on climate change, Environmental Justice Officer Catherine Devitt reviews progress to date
Read More »A man of ‘creative fidelity’
Fr Peter Hans Kolvenbach SJ will be remembered for his firm but creative leadership that saw the Jesuit Order through a difficult period in its recent history, says Gerry O'Hanlon
Read More »JRS criticises EU response to ‘conflict minerals’
The Jesuit Refugee Service has criticised a proposed new EU law on so-called 'conflict minerals' as “half-hearted”, with too many concessions and loopholes
Read More »Céad míle fáilte for Pope Francis
When Pope Francis visits Ireland it won't be the first time he has set foot on Irish soil
Read More »A man for others
Fr Jim Moran SJ died peacefully in Cherryfield Lodge Nursing Home on Friday 18 November. He is fondly remembered
Read More »A Jesuit and a Roshi
American Jesuit and Zen Buddhist teacher, Robert Kennedy, says Buddhism has enhanced his Jesuit vocation
Read More »Kevin Barry revisited
Former IRA bomber Shane Paul O'Doherty found echoes of Kevin Barry's life in his own, and wrote a play about the 'Belvedere Boy'
Read More »GC36 is over
The 36th Jesuit General Congregation has ended and John Guiney SJ reflects on the significance of what happened in Rome
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