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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JRS Ireland’s call to action
May 20, 2022 - JRS Ireland is marking World Diversity Day, Sunday, 21 May with a call to action against racism in all its forms.
Trinity talk
May 18, 2022 - Gerry Whelan SJ, Professor of Theology in Rome, was a recent guest on a popular Trinity College Dublin podcast series, Trinity reConnecteD.
Good news from SpIRE
May 18, 2022 - The Spirituality Institute becomes the first body to offer postgraduate degrees in Applied Spirituality in a university in Ireland.
Pope Video: Faith-filled young
May 18, 2022 - For May 2022, Pope Francis prays that young people be inspired by Mary's way of listening, discerning, faithfulness and service.
Latest Podcasts
European Jesuit Provincials in Portugal
May 18, 2022
Sons of Ignatius podcast: Care of God’s creation
May 18, 2022
Re-imagining the Church
April 25, 2022
Latest Videos
Pope Video: Faith-filled young
May 18, 2022
Growing in awareness of our common home
May 3, 2022
Accompanying young people in creation of hope-filled future
April 26, 2022
A Christian response to bioethical challenges
March 9, 2022
Latest Books
The wisdom of feelings
May 18, 2022
Joy of Easter: A scholarly perspective
March 29, 2022
Pastoral conversion of the parish
March 23, 2022
Messenger Publications: Springtime collection
March 1, 2022
