In Memory of an Unlikely Pope

By Kevin Hargaden / 25th April 2025

A Presbyterian Appreciation of Pope Francis Sometimes people ask me how I ended up directing a Jesuit social research centre,...

The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

By Kevin Hargaden / 18th April 2025

Today is the day between. Not death, not resurrection -- just silence. Easter Saturday stretches out as a long pause...

The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

Loving the place we are in

By Siobhán McNamara / 4th April 2025

Watching the news is very tough at the moment. In this time of manufactured chaos, it’s so easy to think...

When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

By Kevin Hargaden / 27th March 2025

What we are witnessing is a form of societal resignation. We tolerate a level of road danger that curtails the...

When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

By Keith Adams / 24th March 2025

On 13th March 2025, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice welcomed Dr Geertjan Zuijdwegt—criminologist and theologian at KU Leuven—for...

JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

Danger Rolling Through Ireland’s Cities and Towns

By Keith Adams / 24th March 2025

Forced to take an indirect route to work or a night out because of “no-go” streets. Hurriedly crossing the road...

Danger Rolling Through Ireland’s Cities and Towns

Can we change our relationship with clothes?

By Siobhán McNamara / 14th March 2025

We’ve written on this blog before about the environmental impact of the fashion industry and how it increases inequality, and...

Crisis as Opportunity: How Christians Can Respond to the Chaos of New Regimes

By Kevin Hargaden / 7th March 2025

Introduction: Manufactured Chaos We are living through a moment of extraordinary political upheaval. From the United States to Europe, leaders...

Crisis as Opportunity: How Christians Can Respond to the Chaos of New Regimes

Knife Offences: The Sharp End of Deterrence

By Keith Adams / 28th February 2025

“What is the moral basis for punishing someone, perhaps hard, in order to prevent entirely different people from committing equivalent...

Knife Offences: The Sharp End of Deterrence

Ireland and the Sustainable Development Goals

By Siobhán McNamara / 21st February 2025

The JCFJ is a member of Coalition 2030, an alliance of over 70 civil society and trade union organisations in...

Ireland and the Sustainable Development Goals

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Church, Women, Authority: Why Not?

Church, Women, Authority: Why Not? Pope Francis wants women to exercise authority in the Catholic Church, without becoming priests.

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Environmental Justice | February 1, 2016

COP21 – Success, Disappointments, and the Road Ahead

COP21. Success, Disappointments, and the Road Ahead The resulting Paris Agreement presents a road map for action.

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In Memory of an Unlikely Pope

The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

Loving the place we are in

When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

Danger Rolling Through Ireland’s Cities and Towns

Can we change our relationship with clothes?

Crisis as Opportunity: How Christians Can Respond to the Chaos of New Regimes

Knife Offences: The Sharp End of Deterrence

Ireland and the Sustainable Development Goals

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