Markus Friedrich is passionate about Jesuit history—how it is studied, how it should not be studied and about its larger importance today.
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Posted inFaith, Interviews
Pope Francis discusses traditionalism, liturgy wars and synodality with Jesuits in Canada
“Someone once said that tradition is the living memory of believers. Traditionalism instead is the dead life of our believers.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
While Pope Francis apologizes in Canada, tribal leaders suspend Christian missions at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
After a brochure that demonized traditions of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people was handed out to young people, tribal leaders took action, approving an ordinance that curtails Christian missions at Pine Ridge.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Interview: Behind the making of an all-Ignatian album, featuring the music of Jesuits from 13 countries
Rather than trying to understand or analyze God, a new Jesuit musical collaboration gives people an experience of God.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Remembering Father Diego Fares, our greatest interpreter of Pope Francis
Diego Fares, S.J., who died of cancer last week in Rome at age 66, was arguably the greatest interpreter of the thought and way of proceeding of Pope Francis.
Posted inFaith, News
Jesuit astronomer on Webb telescope photo: ‘This is God’s creation being revealed to us.’
“This is God’s creation being revealed to us, and in it we can see both his astonishing power and his love of beauty,” Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, the director of the Vatican Observatory, said.
Posted inMagazine
America Media wins 55 awards from the Catholic Media Association
America Media received 55 awards from the Catholic Media Association on July 7 for its groundbreaking coverage of events at the intersection of the church and world across print, digital, audio and video.
Posted inFaith, News
Jesuits murdered in Mexico remembered in moment of silence
“Today we are remembering the priests, the journalists, the social activists and the young people who have died violently,” Fr. Jorge Atilano González told his congregation.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Finding God in math class (and physics and English, too)
How do Jesuit teachers talk about God in the classroom? A group of teachers from St. Louis University High School reflect.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
‘Crime has spread everywhere’: Mexican bishops respond to the killing of two Jesuit priests
The bishops’ statement followed the slayings of two Jesuits and a person they were protecting in their parish—a crime attributed to a local crime boss in a part of the country dominated by drug cartels.