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Galway launch by President
March 27, 2014
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were guests of honour at the official opening of the newly refurbished buildings in Coláiste Iognáid Galway on Friday 21 March. Provincial...
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Jesuits Contribute to Debate on Economic Justice
March 27, 2014
In the new Working Notes, Brendan McPartlin discusses the 1913 lock-out and sees the old pre-1913 deal returning in post-modern dress. Gerry O’Hanlon offers hope: there is an alternative to...
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Bishop Fan: 20 years carrying corpses
March 27, 2014
Jesuit Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang has died at the age of 96 after a brief illness. He had been appointed as bishop of the underground Catholic church in Shanghai in...
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One year on
March 14, 2014
James Kelly SJ knows Pope Francis personally, having worked on his staff as a professor of Scripture in Buenos Aires. He reflects on Pope Francis' impact: "I am very agreeably...
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A new-found freedom
March 14, 2014
"It has been a good year as a parish priest. People are more joyful about the church. They feel their remarried and gay children are not being rejected. They feel...
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Beyond black and white
March 14, 2014
Renowned writer and RTE producer Aidan Mathews takes an oblique look at the barque of Peter with Pope Francis at the helm. He cautions against assessments of Pope Francis in...
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Not a magician, maybe a ‘conjurer’
March 14, 2014
"As the initial surprise and euphoria gradually fade, and we all become accustomed to the evident change of style in Pope Francis’ manner of exercising his role, we await news...
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Practising what he preaches
March 14, 2014
What strikes Gesa Thiessen most about the first year of Pope Francis's pontificate is his credibility as a Christian and as a Pope, precisely because he is practises what he...
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Welcome prophet for the poor
March 14, 2014
"Pope Francis is a welcome prophet, but prophets are often rejected, or even worse accommodated and assimilated." The words of Tony O'Riordain, Jesuit and PP in Moyross, Limerick, which he...
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On the first anniversary
March 14, 2014
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ is a theologian working in the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. For many years he has called for a more collegial Church, de-centralised from Rome and...
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