Europe

Garret Fitzgerald on the European project

January 12, 2023

JOHN BIRD :: Ireland joined the EEC 50 years ago. Garret Fitzgerald helped pave the way to this event, as his 1962 article in the Jesuit journal 'Studies' shows.

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European spiritual directors: ‘Crisis offers opportunities’

June 16, 2020

The recent meeting for spiritual directors in Europe provided a platform to discuss opportunities for people to embrace spirituality during the Covid-19 crisis

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Doing theology in dangerous times

June 27, 2018

The Summer issue of Studies leads with a challenging analysis of the political and cultural upheavals which are afflicting the world at present

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JRS criticises EU response to ‘conflict minerals’

November 29, 2016

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

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Trump – from dismay to discernment

November 9, 2016

Theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ was at first dismayed at the election of Donald Trump. His second response was to discern what it might really mean.

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‘Inequality requires radical action’

September 16, 2015

The crisis is Syria was high on the agenda of a meeting of representatives from European Jesuit academic institutions, social research centres and advocacy groups. Eoin Carroll represented the Irish...

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