March 22 was the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Luis Espinal SJ in Bolivia. Michael O'Sullivan SJ recounts his life and spirituality

KEVIN HARGADEN :: The coronavirus shows the catastrophic nature of society growing in interconnectivity without corresponding growth in solidarity

Pope Francis recently recognised the martyrdom of Fr Rutilio Grande García SJ, murdered in El Salvador in 1977. Michael O'Sullivan offers a short introduction to his life

KEVIN HARGADEN :: Elections are a serious business, even if experience leaves us with reduced expectations

Dermot McKenna SJ, who passed away recently, was inspired by Catholic social teaching to help the growth of the co-operative movement

There is bad faith in Ireland outlawing fracking at home while planning to buy in large quantities of fracked gas from the US

The social justice campaigner offers in his latest book a reflection on issues from homelessness and drugs to justice and faith, as seen from the perspective of the poor

October's Working Notes takes a look at concrete issues of public policy but views them in terms of the conceptual framework which informs them

KEVIN HARGADEN :: The murder of Ana Kriegel and the rush to demonise the teenage murderers raises profound questions about the way we use the term 'evil'.

Richard Leonard SJ tackles the urgent issue of pornography being accessible by younger and younger people