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Child of two revolutions

September 20, 2013

When Father Joseph Mallin celebrated his 100th birthday in Hong Kong on 13 September, he was hailed in Ireland's newspapers as the oldest Irish priest in the world. Sitting in...

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Major conference on spirituality and addiction

September 20, 2013

Peter McVerry SJ, Denis Bradley (former 'go-between' between the British Government and the IRA) and US theologian Fr Jim Harbaugh SJ will speak at an international conference on the role...

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Lonergan at the Greg

September 20, 2013

Fr Gerard Whelan, the Irish Jesuit who teaches Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome, has another large call on his energies: the preparation of an international conference on...

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A Big Heart Open to God: an exclusive interview with Pope Francis

September 19, 2013

Editor’s Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro SJ,...

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‘Noli timere’

September 6, 2013

Brendan Duddy SJ was going about his chaplain’s work in St Vincent’s Hospital when he noticed a familiar face in one bed: his old friend Seamus Heaney. Brendan spent time...

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Scholarship Class

September 6, 2013

Gerry Foley, Headmaster of Belvedere, reports on an important TV programme: “On Monday 2 September at 9.35 p.m., RTE One is showing a documentary on the Belvedere students who are...

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No Belfast agreement

September 6, 2013

Patsy McGarry of the Irish Times and Fr Tim Bartlett, Advisor to the Irish Bishops Conference went head to head on a debate about the future of the Catholic Church...

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New beginning at the Jes

September 6, 2013

The Connacht Sentinel on 20 August gave two centre pages to a write-up of the new building of Colaiste Iognaid, illustrated with some spectacular photographs. They comment: "The students and...

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Pope Francis at the Gesù

August 23, 2013

The Irish Jesuits had their own observer on the spot when Pope Francis celebrated St Ignatius' Day by offering Mass in the Gesù, under the extraordinary frescoes by Giovanni Battista...

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Jesuit peacemaker is reported murdered

August 23, 2013

This week has seen dramatic and tragic developments in the life of Fr Paolo Dall’Oglio, a 58-year-old Italian Jesuit. A bear of a man who spoke Italian, English, French and...

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