Richard Leonard SJ
God did not send the coronavirus
May 8, 2020
Richard Leonard SJ :: Some people like to see God as the Being who wills suffering on the world. This is not a true Christian understanding of suffering. God may...
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Sacrament of the sick
March 24, 2020
Richard Leonard SJ, author of 'Where the Hell is God?', talks to Pat Coyle about a holistic view of healing in light of the signs of the times
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Sacrament of Confirmation
March 10, 2020
Fr Richard Leonard SJ, best-selling author, speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about the gifts of the Spirit in modern and accessible language
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Sacrament of penance
January 21, 2020
Australian Jesuit Fr Richard Leonard speaks to Pat Coyle on the sacrament of penance in light of his book 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments'
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Marriage and ‘amazing grace’
November 27, 2019
Richard Leonard SJ explains his personal attitude to marrying and walking with young people amid changing circumstances and puts great trust in the grace of the sacrament
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Young people and pornography
November 5, 2019
Richard Leonard SJ tackles the urgent issue of pornography being accessible by younger and younger people
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Eucharist – ‘the meal of sacrificial love’
October 30, 2019
Richard Leonard SJ takes a closer look at the meal with Jesus and the apostles in his podcast series on the sacraments
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The full immersion of baptism
October 8, 2019
Richard Leonard SJ speaks to Pat Coyle on the meaning of baptism, using stories and film to attend to diverse pastoral needs
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Shining a light on the sacraments
September 18, 2019
Best-selling author Richard Leonard SJ speaks with Pat Coyle on his latest book 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments'
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Bannon’s skewed view of the Pope
September 4, 2019
Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard critiques the distorted vision of the current papacy held by US strategist Steve Bannon
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Reflections of a news reporter
October 19, 2021
Manresa visitors touched by sculpture
October 12, 2021
Pope Video: Missionary disciples
October 12, 2021
What exactly is ‘spiritual direction?’
October 12, 2021
Books for the new liturgical year
October 11, 2021
Latest Podcasts
What exactly is ‘spiritual direction?’
October 12, 2021
Two strong women saints
October 6, 2021
25th anniversary of Henri Nouwen’s death
September 20, 2021
Praying with De Mello
September 1, 2021
Seamus Heaney: Poet and friend
August 25, 2021
Latest Videos
Pope Video: Missionary disciples
October 12, 2021
Pope Video: An environmentally sustainable lifestyle
September 7, 2021
A cannonball moment with Ignatian prayer
September 6, 2021
Unity across the Americas: Covid-19 vaccine education
August 18, 2021
Pope Video: Church on the Way
August 10, 2021
Latest Books
Reflections of a news reporter
October 19, 2021
Books for the new liturgical year
October 11, 2021
Embracing the grace of Advent
September 21, 2021
Messenger books for autumn
August 17, 2021
New issue of popular prayer book
August 10, 2021