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Exploring Fratelli tutti: 4. Finding Christ in the world
James Hanvey SJ concludes the interview he gave to Jan Regner SJ by reflecting on the process of secularisation in many European countries.Tags: Exploring Fratelli tuttiFratelli tuttipope francisJesuits
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The Church becoming synodal, part 1: Lumen gentium and the inverted pyramid
Synodality grounds, shapes and empowers both the life of the Church and the witness and service it is called to render to the human family’, writes Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ – but what does the term...
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The Church becoming synodal, part 2: The preferential option for the poor and...
Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ considers how a synodal framework for relating to the gospel supports a preferential option for the poor.Tags: synodsynodalitypope francispoor
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A time to dream
Inspired by recent insights of Pope Francis, how can we come to an understanding of Jesus’s uses of the words ‘time’ and ‘repent’ that can set us on the path to a better future?Tags: Lent Year Bpope...
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Can Jesus raise our hope from the dead?
Many people are seeking joy in a restoration of ‘the old normal’ after Covid-19. But the joy that Easter brings is one of renewal and conversion, not of a return to ‘the way things were’.Tags:...
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The renewal of religious life and Fratelli tutti: Reading Fratelli tutti for...
Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ uses Fratelli tutti to ask: how are religious today invited to renew and deepen their following of Christ while contributing decisively to the mission of the Church?Tags:...
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Re-imagining the world: Discernment of spirits in Let Us Dream
How can we learn from Pope Francis’ Ignatian approach to distinguishing what is and is not of God, especially as we seek to engage with public discourse about ‘building back better’?Tags:...
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The journey of synodality
Following Pope Francis, James Hanvey SJ argues that the increasing emphasis on the need for the Church to become more synodal is about more than a reshuffle of current structures and processes.Tags:...
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The renewal of theology as dialogue from within: part II
Inviting theologians to an ever more open and inclusive dialogue will, says Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, bring about renewal by nurturing a theology that is guided by and at the service of the Holy...
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The world can be seen more clearly from the peripheries: the fourth World...
In a world where the pandemic has increased inequalities and injustices, the dialogue between Pope Francis and popular movements continues. How did the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements unfold,...
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A seamless ethic for siblings all: the hope of Fratelli tutti
Drawing on papal texts from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum to Pope Francis’ Fratelli tutti, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ considers how authentic human development requires us to recognise and treat one...
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Liturgy and longing
Teresa White FCJ celebrates Pope Francis’ message that: ‘Through our liturgical actions, words and gestures, the love which unites us as God’s people is experienced on this day and in this time.’Tags:...
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Caring for our common home, in this world and with this climate
Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ explains how Pope Francis’ encyclicals set out a vision which calls us all to action to care for our common home – how can universities answer this call?Tags: Laudato...
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Integral ecology for a new humanity
Discussions about cultivating lifestyles that embody a new humanity have a strikingly prophetic tone at this crucial point of history, says Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, and they can be much informed by...
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Laudate Deum: an invitation to live in the real world
Dr Timothy Howles of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute reads Pope Francis’ insights in his apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, as a challenge to inhabit the world in a new way.Tags: pope...
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