Social Justice

Jesuits and colleagues serve as witnesses in South Sudan

December 19, 2022

Irish woman Noelle Fitzpatrick reports on how the Jesuit Refugee Service is addressing the crises faced by the people of South Sudan.

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Pope Video: Abolition of the death penalty

September 5, 2022

For September 2022, Pope Francis says that "capital punishment offers no justice to victims, but rather encourages revenge".

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Illumination in dark times

April 6, 2022

Catholic Social Thought can provide a clear light in dark times, according to Professor Anna Rowlands in the inaugural annual lecture of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.

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Fighting war with peace

March 11, 2022

KEVIN HARGADEN :: Killing Russians might stop the war, but it can’t make the peace. Non-violent resistance is often effective – and always true.

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Pope Video: Religious discrimination and persecution

January 7, 2022

In the Pope Video for January, Francis asks "How is it possible that many religious minorities suffer discrimination or persecution?"

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The Taliban within

September 28, 2021

GERRY O'HANLON SJ :: It seems as if the Church, while seeing that something is amiss with respect to the status of women, lacks urgency in addressing it

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Rocketing to nowhere

July 27, 2021

KEVIN HARGADEN :: Jeff Bezos's latest 'flight of fancy' is just the most recent expression of the crazy consequences of neoliberal individualism

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Sadness and anger at the death of Fr Stan Swamy SJ

July 7, 2021

News of the death in prison of Fr Stan Swamy SJ, advocate for marginalised people, has been met with great sadness and anger worldwide

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What is the real cost of debt?

July 7, 2021

The June 2021 issue of 'Working Notes' tackles the thorny subject of debt in theory, in theology, and in its concrete manifestations

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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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