By gathering the members of the Roman Curia for Lenten spiritual exercises this week, Pope Francis is participating in a tradition that stretches back more than 80 years, to the pontificate of Pius XI.
A wonderful grace of my Jesuit vocation was my time ministering in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. I served for a total of six years as novice, scholastic, and priest. Having grown up in a middle-class New England suburb, I was shocked on arriving in Kingston as a novice to see the...
What is the Spirit of Lent? It is the 40 days that Jesus went into the wilderness to fast and pray before starting his public ministry. He wanted his spirit to be strong for the hard days ahead. Lent is the time when we, as Catholics, fast, pray and do...