“To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor...it's nothing.” — Bono “My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not
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Asked last month by the editor of the Jesuit magazine, Jivan, about the relevance of religious vows today, I started my article by quoting a good laywoman I knew in Rome. She stayed single, and
Allow me to use two quotes from my book, A Radical Love. They are words I heard from two knowledgeable and sincere “outsiders.” One of the senior-most doctors at CMC Hospital, Vellore: “We would like
Around 2003 Johnnie Walker produced a short video to promote their whisky. It showed a school of fish moving in the same direction. The fish took a human form, and while swimming close to the
It was a usual Sunday morning. As I was getting ready to leave for Baghar, a slum in Howrah, where I have been spending the Sundays for the past several years, a phone call came
St Joseph Cafasso, considered a model priest, lived in the city of Turin, Italy, in the 19th century. He was given the nickname “the Priest of the Gallows” for his pastoral care of criminals, especially
An extraordinary man’s remarkable life came to an end the day after Christmas last year. It generated an outpouring of sorrow and tributes from all over the world. The people of South Africa, who lovingly
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; ... I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” These words from the book of Jeremiah
“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find oneself in places no one has ever been before,” stated Albert Einstein.