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Jesuits in Haiti

The Jesuits have opened a new novitiate in Haiti, a country that had outlawed Jesuits as recently as the 1980s. Ministry work is with migrants and in education. Fr. Bélanger...

Encyclical Takeaways

The release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, was accompanied by a stream of analysis by Catholic media. Here, we...

The Sin of Ingratitude

A question recently came to the editor’s desk about the fact that St. Ignatius believed ingratitude to be “the cause, beginning, and origin of all evils and sins.” The...

Andy Otto on the Fifth Week

The Spiritual Exercises are divided into four phases, called “weeks.” After the retreat experience is over, however, we face “the Fifth Week”—the rest of our lives. Andy Otto explains: A...

Encyclical on the Environment Expected This Week

Pope Francis’s anticipated encyclical on the environment is due this week, June 18, 2015. The title Laudato Si (Praised Be) comes from the first words of the popular Canticle...

Casey Beaumier, SJ, on Pilgrimage

Casey Beaumier, SJ—author of A Purposeful Path: How Far Can You Go with $30, a Bus Ticket, and a Dream?—spoke at a Boston College event called Agape Latte. Here’s...