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Interviewed by a Bishop
July 7, 2021
Former Crescent College pupil Eimear Delaney took part recently in a video conversation with Brendan Leahy, Bishop of Limerick
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Pope Video: Building social friendship
July 6, 2021
July's Pope Video urges people to "go beyond their groups of friends and build social friendship, which is so necessary for living together well"
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Launch of Mícheál Mac Gréil SJ’s Westport report
July 6, 2021
Fr Micheál Mac Gréil SJ's latest book on Westport, a report based on a survey of the views of visitors to the Co. Mayo town, was launched on 1 July...
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A cannonball moment with a young rapper
July 6, 2021
Writer Gavin Thomas Murphy describes an eye-opening experience with a young orphan and rapper in Guyana
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Theology, philosophy and literature in conversation
July 6, 2021
Professor David Jasper gave a keynote speech on John Henry Newman at the Power of the Word international conference from 28 June to 2 July
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Wisdom of youth
July 5, 2021
Lorcan O'Brien, Belvedere College graduate 2021, gives a "lovely mature and rounded reflection on his time in the College"
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Mission to a suffering people
June 30, 2021
Fr Thomas J Morrissey's new book is the story of how Irish Jesuits used the values, talents and networks of the Jesuit order to subvert the will of the British...
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‘Holier than thou’
June 29, 2021
Michael McGuckian SJ explains the intriguing and untold story of the row during Vatican II about who is holier than who in Church teaching
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Parenthood and prayer
June 22, 2021
EOGHAN KEOGH :: Parenthood may be God's invitation to drop our notions about prayer being all about peace and silence.
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Formalising the Loyola Institute in TCD
June 21, 2021
Leonard Moloney SJ has welcomed the announcement of a revised Memorandum of Understanding between the Loyola Institute and Trinity College Dublin
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Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
April 2, 2026 - Dr Phyllis Zagano continues her straight-talking exposition of the history of deacons in the church. She seeks to 'recover' the diaconate and 'restore' women to it.
The privilege of life-changing work
March 13, 2026 - Allan Ggita SJ is in Ireland speaking about his privileged life working with vulnerable communities in one of the largest slums in Kenya.
Our Mother Too: Mary Embraces the World
March 4, 2026 - Author Eric Clayton talks about his book that introduces children to Mary, the mother of Jesus, through eight apparitions around the world.
The challenge of co-creating
February 13, 2026 - James Hanvey SJ's exploration of the 'mission of creation' in St Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises is an integration of theology, spirituality, and cosmology.
‘Not Christian, not Catholic.’
February 13, 2026 - The Vatican's second commission on the diaconate recently published a letter revealing a 50/50 split on whether women could 'image Christ'.
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV: In the spirit of the Gospel, we are invited to recognize our shared responsibility in supporting, encouraging and accompanying priests.
Pray with the Pope: For disarmament and peace
March 13, 2026 - Pope Leo: Renounce weapons and the arms race. May leaders have the courage to choose dialogue instead of conflict.
Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
February 6, 2026 - Pope Video: “The smiles, in the midst of pain, of children suffering, are a testimony of God's Kingdom.”
Pope video: For prayer with the word of God
January 9, 2026 - Pope Video: "May your Word be nourishment in weariness, hope in darkness and strength in our communities"
Pope video: For Christians in areas of conflict
December 1, 2025 - Pope video: “That Christians in areas of war or conflict, especially the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.”
Latest Blog Posts
Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
April 17, 2026 - Bill Toner : : Does God really know everything, including the future? If so, it seems that the universe is truly 'done and dusted'. Bill Toner SJ is not so sure.
Faithful Justice: Reimagining the Jesuit Mission
March 31, 2026 - Dermot Roantree :: Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe SJ called a General Congregation in 1974-5 that redefined the Jesuit charism.
‘Dangerous as hell’
March 11, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: Now is the time for people of goodwill to step forward; we need to protest these appalling, unjustified acts of violence and war.
The grasp of grief
February 25, 2026 - Colm Brophy :: The picture I have painted here is a symbol of the world’s uncertainty of its own destination. We are traumatised by immense grief.
Theology in a changing world
January 27, 2026 - Bill Toner :: Modern scientific progress poses serious challenges to theology. Can the once 'queen of the sciences' respond adequately to its challenges?