Jesuit School Spotlight
The Jesuits run Russia’s only Catholic secondary school, where love is shown more in deeds than in words
My new motto has become, “Preach the Exercises always; when necessary, use words.”
Of Many Things
In architecture, every detail has a purpose — and its meaning can be sacred
The Palace of Westminster’s architecture and design are not proposing a new religion or alternative deity. Rather, they reflect a pre-existing reality, specifically, a Christian imagination.
Your Take
‘I believe in my faith, not in the hierarchy of men’: Listening to those who have left the Catholic church behind
Readers respond to the February 2022 editorial about how the listening phase of the 2023 Synod of Bishops should listen to the views of Catholics who have left the church.
Editorials
The key to a post-pandemic ‘new normal’? Solidarity.
As the world begins to emerge from the most recent surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, how do we return to normal? And what should normal mean?
Short Take
I’m a ‘traditional’ Catholic. That’s exactly why I love Pope Francis (and am baffled by his critics)
Both critics and supporters fail to see the traditionalism of Pope Francis. Let us share his confidence in Christ. Let us join him in guarding the tradition and preaching the good news.
Dispatches
A priest calls out violence against the poor and homeless in Brazil: ‘We have to move from hostility to hospitality’
The Rev. Júlio Lancellotti is São Paulo’s designated vicar for street people. He has been posting images of spikes and other elements of hostile architecture gathered from cell phone photos or video from all over Brazil.
This Catholic high school is 70% Latino—four times the national average—and still growing
Most young Catholics are Latino, but only 17 percent of Catholic students are. This Catholic high school is trying to change that.
El Salvador’s president made Bitcoin a national currency. A Jesuit says the project reminds him of ‘the seven deadly sins’
President Bukele enjoys strong popularity at home and in neighboring Central American countries, but his government faces accusations of authoritarianism and corruption.
Features
I’ve been on death row for 23 years. Catholic Mass gives me hope in the midst of my suffering.
“I returned to my Catholic upbringing, professing a faith I did not completely feel, because I was suffering and needed answers from God,” writes Lyle C. May, who is on death row in North Carolina.
Urban planning can facilitate friendship — and the Catholic Church can help
We need a new image of what it means to be a good neighbor.
5 years ago we started a podcast for young Catholics. What we learned about politics, prayer and the church surprised us.
To mark Jesuitical’s five-year anniversary, we are looking back on what we have learned from our guests—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—about navigating the modern world as people of faith.
Faith and Reason
We need to make the common good more than just a slogan
Christians today are split between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to re-invigorating our sense of the common good.
Ideas
We’ve been reading Charles Darwin all wrong
Charles Darwin’s teaching has been misappropriated by generations of intellectually dubious adherents.
Books
Review: An intergenerational look at the messiness of falling in love
In ‘Monster in the Middle,’ Tiphanie Yanique shows how the choice to love is always a leap of faith, a heedless plunge into the unknown.
Review: A rebel nun is an exemplar of feminism in action
The tale of a medieval woman’s decision to join the convent, Marj Charlier’s historical novel, ‘The Rebel Nun,’ resonates with many of the issues faced by the church in modern times.
Suffering, faith and perseverance: Ross Douthat chronicles his struggle with Lyme disease
In “The Deep Places,” Ross Douthat relates how an experience of illness and suffering can lead to a search for answers to more transcendent questions, including the meaning of suffering and the gift of perseverance.
Andrew Sullivan’s writing on faith, sexuality and culture wars
Reading Andrew Sullivan’s collection, ‘Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989-2021,’ made me realize I’d never heard Sullivan mentioned in conversations about Catholic writers. Why wasn’t he there? And why wasn’t I surprised?
Poetry
To Be Alive Now, in This Moment of Constant Grief
who, when I saw her, was so small she could have slipped inside a pillowcase
Last Take
St. Ignatius has a lesson for politicians: Words and deeds (and nasty tweets) have consequences
When the stakes are high, St. Ignatius told his followers, “be considerate and kind.” But too many political leaders have mistaken the schoolyard taunt for meaningful conversation.
Faith
I’ve been on death row for 23 years. Catholic Mass gives me hope in the midst of my suffering.
“I returned to my Catholic upbringing, professing a faith I did not completely feel, because I was suffering and needed answers from God,” writes Lyle C. May, who is on death row in North Carolina.
The Jesuits run Russia’s only Catholic secondary school, where love is shown more in deeds than in words
My new motto has become, “Preach the Exercises always; when necessary, use words.”
We need to make the common good more than just a slogan
Christians today are split between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to re-invigorating our sense of the common good.
‘I believe in my faith, not in the hierarchy of men’: Listening to those who have left the Catholic church behind
Readers respond to the February 2022 editorial about how the listening phase of the 2023 Synod of Bishops should listen to the views of Catholics who have left the church.
5 years ago we started a podcast for young Catholics. What we learned about politics, prayer and the church surprised us.
To mark Jesuitical’s five-year anniversary, we are looking back on what we have learned from our guests—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—about navigating the modern world as people of faith.
I’m a ‘traditional’ Catholic. That’s exactly why I love Pope Francis (and am baffled by his critics)
Both critics and supporters fail to see the traditionalism of Pope Francis. Let us share his confidence in Christ. Let us join him in guarding the tradition and preaching the good news.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts