Author name: Marie Venner

Pope Francis offers the preface to a new book, entitled Conversation in the Spirit – The art of discernment and the practice of synodality, by Jesuit Fathers Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves and Óscar Martín López, which is published by the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) on April 30, as reported in vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-04/pope-francis-pens-preface-of-book-on-conversation-in-the-spirit.html. Below is Pope Francis’ […]

The Global Catholic Climate Movement came into being following and building on the groundbreaking 2014 letter from Bishops from four continents, particularly the Global South, that called for an end to the use of fossil fuels and keeping temperature rise below 1.5 C, an even stiffer bar than the 2-degree target climate scientists had pointed

Obstructing and thwarting the synodal process, perhaps taming it into a light version by reiterating that the laity are called to be “collaborators” and not “co-responsible,” would be like decanting new wine into old wineskins (cf. Mk. 2:22).  Cardinal Michael Czerny S.J. 2023 address to the Third Latin American and Caribbean Congress on the Social

26 April 2024 Spirit Unbounded speaker Dr. Maria Exall will be presenting next month at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice on Thursday 16 May – 5pm in the Aula, Blackfriars Hall. There is a pressing need to address the lack of dignity and respect in the current world of work. Issues of low pay,

We hear from Nate Tinner-Williams, Co-Founder and Editor of Black Catholic Messenger and Nigerian Jesuit priest Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, dean of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and one of several Black synod delegates, who spoke earlier this month. First, a transcription of Nate Tinner-Williams’ opening of the Spirit Unbounded event parallel to

Oligarchic control here, oligarchy there, and insights for us as well as the larger whole, from The Guardian. “A top-down approach puts its faith in the persuasive abilities of a tiny few, and denies the fact that politics is a power struggle – and that engaging and organising more people gives your position more leverage.“

Sent in by Spirit Unbounded Companion, in India, Astrid Lobo Gajiwala. Part of this essay formed the homily preached on 10 March 2024 at the Jesuit parish, St. Anne’s Church, Mumbai, to celebrate International Women’s Day. Many women however, are tired of fighting, of talking and talking, year after year, decade after decade, without any