At fifty, one feels like ‘Janus’ (the Roman God of beginnings and transitions, usually depicted with two faces, one looking behind at the past, and the other looking ahead to the future). The theme of…

A few years ago five of my Jesuit students prepared and presented an assignment during the course on Feminist Theology. They began their power point presentation with the following words:  Woman cries and says,“Why did you…

Youth are challenging the iniquitous Citizenship Amendment Act. What about us, Jesuits? [auth] As persons committed to journeying with the youth, we should take part in this ongoing debate on inclusion and exclusion. As Jesuits…

Personally, I believe that for those who are born or live in the Amazon, the Pan-Amazon Synod was a time of kairos, for all our communities to see how much the Church, led by Pope…

A Journey of Justice and Reconciliation: 50 Years and Beyond… [auth] In 1968 Fr. Pedro Arrupe on an official visit to Chotanagpur, India, entered an office in Ranchi and met Fr. Francisco Ivern, SJ, from…

The upcoming canonisation of John Henry Newman (1801-1890) will surely be a moment of consolation and encouragement for those of us engaged in ecumenical ministry. [auth] He brings together in his own person the Anglican…

Fundamentalism and Inter-faith dialogue in South Asia [auth] The persecution of the Christian community is the single most noxious common factor among the eight states of South Asia – in Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri…

We come across two kinds of people. The first (they form the majority of the good, the bad and the indifferent) when asked what life means to them or what, for them, are its whys…