Social Justice

podcasts

Update from South Sudan

April 29, 2020

Tony O'Riordan SJ is in daily contact with colleagues in South Sudan who are trying to source soap for refugees

News

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

Newsletter

Mission possible

April 8, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis has presented Jesuits and their colleagues with plenty of challenges but the work goes on, often in imaginative ways

coronavirus

Fears for refugees well-founded

April 7, 2020

The Jesuit Refugee Service Director, Eugene Quinn, voices concern for at-risk refugees in Direct Provision in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak

videos

Freedom from addictions

April 7, 2020

In The Pope Video for April 2020, Francis warns about other forms of suffering during the Covid-19 crisis such as addictions and the dangers of virtual space

News

Tribute to a Latin American martyr

April 6, 2020

March 22 was the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Luis Espinal SJ in Bolivia. Michael O'Sullivan SJ recounts his life and spirituality

News

McVerry calls for protection of prisoners and staff

April 2, 2020

Peter McVerry and the JCFJ have called for the release of a further 800 prisoners in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

blog

A Covid-19 economic boom?

March 20, 2020

NIALL LEAHY SJ :: The current pandemic will certainly lead to dramatically lower consumer spending, but another kind of valuable economic activity may well thrive

News

A catastrophe and a window on the world

March 13, 2020

Covid-19 is a crisis that must serve as a window through which we look to create a society that works for everyone not just the rich, says Kevin Hargaden, JCFJ