The Next Chapter’s Challenge: Building Jesuit ministries for the 21st century
The year 2014 marks two important anniversaries for the Society of Jesus and for all of us who share in Jesuit ministries.One is the 40th anniversary of the 32nd General Congregation, which famously affirmed the integral connection for the Jesuits of “the service of faith” and “pro
On the Way to Healing: Humanizing a ‘gravely ill world’
On Nov. 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, the community’s housekeeper and her daughter were executed in El Salvador. Jon Sobrino, S.J., reflects on these ‘crucified people.’
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
What N.C.R. and First Things have in common is not an idea but a communion of hearts.
Letters
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Community SolutionsI would encourage readers to read Mr. Kennedy’s essay, “Dignity For All” (10/20), carefully, beginning with, “We convinced the government to put the park under local control…. We set up a community reinvestment fund so that a portion of every entranc
Editorials
Go in Peace: After 2014 Synod, the time for the real work has come.
After 2014 Synod, the time for the real work and outreach has come.
Faith in Focus
In the Steps of Romero: Thinking with the church in El Salvador
Thinking with the church in El Salvador
Books
Sister in the Spotlight
‘A Nun on the Bus,’ by Sister Simone Campbell
The Language of Peace
‘Strange Glory,’ by Charles Marsh
Seeds of the Church
‘Blood and Ink,’ by Robert Lassalle-Klein
On Being Brave: Stories from the front lines
Stories from the front lines
Film
The Long Goodbye: The dark depths of ‘Gone Girl’
The dark depths of ‘Gone Girl’
The Word
Talent Shows
To be ldquo awake and sober rdquo seems like a minimalist approach to the Christian life but it is a figurative sign of the Christian spiritual life engaged and diligent Paul exhorts the Thessalonians in the context of the parousia the second coming of Christ which the early Christians hoped m
Columns
Extraordinary Time
No longer are synods stage-managed pageants that simply ratify the pope’s decisions.
Current Comment
Current Comment
As gaming industry become more diverse, more fans challenging sexism, exclusion.
Faith
Truth, Then Justice: Memory and healing in El Salvador
In Arcatao, El Salvador, a small town nestled amid stunning mountain vistas near the Honduran border, the Historical Memory Committee is charged with preserving the memory of the civil war that left more than 75,000 dead—and thousands more “disappeared”—between 1980 and 1992.
Generation Faith
In God’s Country: Diving headfirst into college life
Diving headfirst into college life at Wyoming Catholic.
Of Other Things
Lost in the Bronx
The play ‘Grand Concourse’ refuses to simplify the cause or cure for spiritual desolation.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
Recalling the words of St. John Paul II—“Don’t be afraid! Open your hearts wide to Christ”— Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., of Ottawa urged Canadians to remain steadfast after a shooting that left a Canadian soldier dead on Oct. 22. • Twelve Chaldean religio
Action Against ISIS?
Stephanie Celustka prayed at Mass for an end to the Islamic State threat in the Middle East. The parishioner from San Diego’s St. Anne Catholic Church is among the 53 percent of Americans who said in a September Pew poll that they support a U.S. military campaign against ISIS, as the Islamic m
Mountaintop Removal Devastates West Virginia Landscape
Bishop calls for stronger monitoring and transparency in coal mining practices.
High Hurdles for Immigration Reform
President Obama’s promised executive actions to fix parts of the immigration system will not come until after the Nov. 4 elections, but some analysts are predicting anything he does will be treated contentiously, with legal challenges and calls for impeachment. Nevertheless, the possibility th
Silly Season in the United Kingdom
Pastoral mists, mellow fruitfulness and snivelling head colds are not the only signs of the end of summer here in Britain. For decades, a distinctive peculiarity of the political scene in the United Kingdom has been party conference season. Always a sure sign of autumn’s arrival, these events
Francis Speaks Against Capital Punishment
Pope Francis called for abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment and denounced what he called a “penal populism” that promises to solve society’s problems by punishing crime instead of pursuing social justice. “It is impossible to imagine that states today
North Korean Charm Offensive Seeks to Deflect I.C.C. Inquiry
A collision over human rights appears inevitable at the U.N. Security Council after Japan and the European Union circulated a draft resolution in October that calls on the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Forty-three countries have so far signed
Vatican Dispatch
An Unlikely Gathering
The recent extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops is likely to go down as a milestone in the history of the church. It was the first time since Paul VI established this organ of collegiality on Sept. 15, 1965, that the assembly “truly functioned as a synod and not a staged gathering of
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