Videos
108th 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?"
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Pope 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".
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Pope 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.
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The shared Jesuit mission
July 18, 2022
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ explains how the Jesuit mission is shared by many laypeople offering lessons in dialogue and openness.
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Pope 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.
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James Joyce and the Jesuit connections
June 22, 2022
St Kevin's Oratory in the Pro-Cathedral was packed on Bloomsday when the centenary of Joyce's 'Ulysses' was marked with a series of Jesuit-themed readings.
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Jesuit education: Freedom and hope
June 7, 2022
Fr General Arturo Sosa reflects on institutions for the growth of young people, the war against individualism, and popular schooling models.
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Pope Video: For families
June 7, 2022
As the three-month Pope Video series on the family continues, Francis speaks about the family environment as a bridge between generations.
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Cannonball moment: Plane crash to solidarity with refugees
May 23, 2022
Irish Jesuit John K Guiney recounts how the crash of a Cessna aircraft he was travelling in reinforced his closeness to refugees.
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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.
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Latest Podcasts
‘The bomb of poverty’
September 13, 2022 - Syria is no longer making the news headlines, but that once-beautiful country is suffering greatly and needs the help of the Irish people and government.
Pope promoting women
September 13, 2022 - Gerry Whelan SJ explains how Pope Francis is promoting women to top-level posts in the Vatican.
Death of a great Jesuit and historian
September 12, 2022 - Highly renowned church historian John W O’Malley SJ died in Baltimore, USA, on 11 September, aged 95.
Moving visit to Knock
September 12, 2022 - Irishman Niall Leahy SJ and American Dave Lugo SJ discuss Our Lady of Knock at the start of the second season of the Catholic podcast series.
Forgiving our enemies
August 9, 2022 - How realistic is Jesus' command to forgive our enemies? Just one of the questions Richard Leonard SJ explores in his latest book 'The Law of Love.'
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Reflections from the Holy Land
September 30, 2022 - Brendan McManus SJ launched Ruth Patterson's latest book 'A Traveller Passing Through' in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, on 1 September 2022.
McVerry Trust broadly welcomes budget
September 27, 2022 - The Peter McVerry Trust has given a broad welcome to Budget 2023. It identified key areas which will impact positively on the people it works with.
Back to the plough
September 27, 2022 - Jesuits were back at the Ploughing Championships for the first time since the pandemic, offering a blessing with the cross of Fr John Sullivan SJ.
Studies: Changing Catholic culture
September 27, 2022 - The autumn Studies reflects on the seismic shift in Irish Catholicism over recent decades, in the light of Derek Scally’s The Best Catholics in the World.
Asylum seekers enjoy JRS summer activities
September 26, 2022 - Over 500 forcibly displaced young people and adults benefited from all of Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland's Summer Programme activities.