This week on “Jesuitical,” we ask author Greg Hillis why some question Thomas Merton’s Catholicity, what we should make of the monk’s brief affair with a nurse—and why his writing is still relevant today.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Steve Katsouros, S.J., founder of the Come to Believe network, which makes a two-year college degree affordable for poor and underrepresented students.

If you think meatless Fridays or forgoing sweets for the duration of Lent is hard, imagine giving up English—or whatever your primary language is.

A conversation with Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J., the author of “The Crucible of Racism.”

Dr. Paul Farmer believed the poorest of the poor in places like Haiti and Rwanda deserved high-quality medical care—and dedicated his life to delivering it.

Gracie Morbitzer has created over 100 icons of saints that reflect the modern church: They are young, diverse, sometimes tattooed—and no less holy because of it.

Paul and Maureen Moses run a weekend retreat that fulfills the infamous “marriage prep” part of getting married in the Catholic Church. And it’s wonderful.

Behind (almost) every tattoo is a story. The church should start listening to them.

Who was Irenaeus? What was the church like when he lived, sometime during the second century?

How does the Catholic Church decide what’s a miracle and what is just a rare healing—or a hoax?