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Protesting, preaching and praying

June 7, 2020

Irish Jesuit Donal Godfrey SJ has been preaching in his church and protesting on the streets of San Francisco

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New issue of Studies: Fraught times for democracy

April 29, 2020

The Spring 2020 issue of Studies reads the 'signs of the times', examining some of the critical shifts in political and cultural vision in late modernity

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Religious Imagination and Public Life

February 27, 2018

Edmond Grace SJ argued in a recent lecture that the exclusion of religious discourse from public life gives free rein to fundamentalism and crass populism.

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Je ne suis pas Charlie

January 15, 2015

BRIAN LENNON SJ :: 'Je suis Charlie' is a passionate cry to defend our right to dissent and to challenge. But a question remains to be answered: even if we...

Bishops raise “serious concerns” over Act

May 6, 2026 - Bishop Alan McGukian SJ raises "serious concerns" over Ireland’s new International Protection Act 2026

Pray with the Pope: That everyone have food

May 5, 2026 - The Pope Video: "That everyone might have food." A moral call to action on hunger in a world of abundance.

“One of the most dangerous places”

May 5, 2026 - Ravaged by conflict, poverty, and danger. Irish Jesuits International unites efforts for change at the Forum for Irish Missionaries in South Sudan event.