THE CHURCH AGAINST THE ‘UNJUSTIFIABLE’ WAR

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I met Bishop Stephen Chow during the 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in October 2016. At the time, I was looking for Jesuits who could write about China in La Civiltà Cattolica from first-hand experience, and I approached him to ask who I could contact. He soon became Provincial of the Jesuits of China, and our conversation continued. I always received balanced and wise views from him, capable of considering the picture of the Chinese situation and...

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By: Giovanni Sale, SJ

Pope Francis and the ‘piecemeal world war’ With the so-called “special military operation,” as Putin calls the bloody conflict he provoked in Ukraine (which has so far produced more than 200,000 dead and wounded on each side and some 18,000 civilian casualties),[1] the frightening specter of war, which we thought had been eradicated forever from our continent, suddenly returned to the heart of Europe. In fact, it had never altogether disappeared. One need only think of the conflicts in the...

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Toward an Ever-Wider ‘We’: An interview with Fr. Thomas H. Smolich, SJ

By: Antonio Spadaro, SJ

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is the international organization of the Society of Jesus that has the mission to accompany, serve and advocate for refugees and other displaced people around the world. During 2021, thanks to its donors, JRS brought aid to 999,518 people in 57 countries, with 80 million euros spent on programs and services out of 83.3 million raised. We interviewed Father Thomas H. Smolich, who has led JRS since October 2015 and who will pass the baton...

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