Pope Francis
Hope for the future requires remembrance of the past
September 20, 2022
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Christian hope requires remembrance of the past – of the suffering of Christ, and so that of all victims.
Read more108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
September 19, 2022
Pope Francis, in a special video message, asks: "How can we make migrants and refugees more involved in our communities?"
Read morePope promoting women
September 13, 2022
Gerry Whelan SJ explains how Pope Francis is promoting women to top-level posts in the Vatican.
Read morePope Video: Abolition of the death penalty
September 5, 2022
For September 2022, Pope Francis says that "capital punishment offers no justice to victims, but rather encourages revenge".
Read morePope Video: Praying for small businesses
August 23, 2022
For August 2022, the Holy Father highlights the "courage, effort and sacrifice" of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.
Read morePreparing for the Pope in South Sudan
August 9, 2022
Cardinal Pietro Parolin conveyed the greeting and blessing of Pope Francis during Mass in Juba, South Sudan, attended by JRS Director Noelle Fitzpatrick.
Read morePope’s ‘people building processes’
August 8, 2022
"Pope Francis is trying to institutionalise the ideas that he has been talking about for the last nine years." So says Gerry Whelan SJ, in an interview with Pat Coyle.
Read morePope Video: For the elderly
July 14, 2022
The Pope invites people to pray that the experience and wisdom of the elderly may help young people to look towards the future with hope.
Read moreA meeting to remember
July 5, 2022
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ attended the all Ireland pre-synod gathering in Clonmacnoise. It was an amazing event.
Read moreLove and the law
June 20, 2022
Richard Leonard SJ gives traditional church teaching on gospel values a modern day make-over in his latest book 'The Law of Love: Modern Language for Ancient Wisdom.'
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