Jesuits meeting in Rome to choose new head

The Society of Jesus, whose members are called Jesuits, one of the largest and most powerful Catholic orders, is holding a meeting in Rome at which it is to elect a new superior general to head its 19,000 members – writes Luigi Sandri from Rome. The current...

On possibly being a political junkie

Well, am I a political junkie? Certainly, I used to be one. That became apparent to me back during the closing phase of the 1992 US presidential campaign, when I was doing a lot of travel for Friends World Committee for Consultation. One of those trips, just before...

Peacemaking and anger

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way… that is not easy. – Aristotle Blasts of raw emotion that can best be named anger occasionally...