Posts from 2025
2025 (24)
Saturday, 20 December, 2025
A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel
Jerusalem, December 20, 2025
A Christmas Message – 2025 The cities of the Holy Land are adorned with lights and trees during this Christmas season, and markets and …
5 min (742 words)
Read more...Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
On Wednesday, 17 December 2025, I was invited to pronounce my final vows in the Society of Jesus.
Final Vows of Fr Matthew Charlesworth SJ, Fr Isaac-El Joseph Fernandes SJ, and Fr Tinashe Solomon Mhaka SJ This moment brings to completion a journey that began many years ago …
8 min (1,440 words)
Read more...Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel
Jerusalem, November 19, 2025
Another resolution? UNSC 2803 (17.11.2025), based upon a draft of the United States administration, was accepted by thirteen of the Security …
3 min (529 words)
Read more...Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
Equality Justice and Peace A Catholic Vision for Reconciliation in Israel Palestine Today Transcript This lecture, delivered by Rev. David Neuhaus, S.J., focused on elements in the position of the Catholic Church regarding the Holy Land and its promotion of equality, …
40 min (7,111 words)
Read more...Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
I would like to share two reflections on Dilexi Te.
The first is by Cardinal Michael Felix Czerny, SJ, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The second is by Fr James Hanvey, SJ, the Secretary for the Service of Faith of the Society of …
15 min (2,664 words)
Read more...Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
Fr David Neuhaus SJ recently spoke at the Jesuit Institute South Africa during a celebration of the anniversary of the declaration on the relation of the Church to Non-Christian religions, Nostra Aetate’s 60th anniversary.
Video of celebration at the Jesuit Institute …
14 min (2,499 words)
Read more...Friday, 24 October, 2025
Photo: © Vatican Media
“Today, I repeat: the Church needs you at the frontiers – whether they be geographical, cultural, intellectual, or spiritual”, the Holy Father said, encouraging Jesuits to continue their service to the Church and the world, despite rapid cultural, …
14 min (2,345 words)
Read more...Thursday, 9 October, 2025
Photo: GenZ Protests in Madagascar | File AFP
JCAM Statement of solidarity with the people of Madagascar amidst social unrest During our recent Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA) Assembly held in Antananarivo, we, the members of the Jesuit Conference of Africa …
2 min (319 words)
Read more...Monday, 29 September, 2025
Statement by His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher Secretary for the Relations with States and International Organizations Head of the Delegation of the Holy See at the General Debate of the High-Level Week at the Opening of the 80th Session of the United Nations …
43 min (7,653 words)
Read more...Saturday, 27 September, 2025
A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel
Jerusalem, September 27, 2025
Occupation not PA harms Christians in Palestine On September 26, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations …
3 min (427 words)
Read more...Tuesday, 2 September, 2025
Book Launch: The Gospel: Would one book have been enough? David Neuhaus SJ with Debbie French and Terence Creamer
2 min (303 words)
Read more...Monday, 25 August, 2025
A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel
Jerusalem, August 25, 2025
A letter to our people and to our pastors 1. Who are we? We are an ecumenical group of Christians in Jerusalem, including H.B. Latin Patriarch …
15 min (2,640 words)
Read more...Saturday, 16 August, 2025
Fr David Neuhaus recently gave an inaugural lecture for the opening of the academic year at Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya.
“We Refuse to Simply Pass You By: Prophets of Hope in an Increasingly Divided World.” We Refuse to Simply Pass You By: Prophets of Hope in …
30 min (5,303 words)
Read more...Wednesday, 13 August, 2025
I recommend people listen to this talk and read the two articles below.
Fr David Neuhaus: Gaza: Witnessing the horror Gaza, witnessing the horror | Fr David Neuhaus SJ Transcript of video: Fr Russell Pollitt, SJ: Fr David has been working in Israel for over 45 years. He is a …
43 min (7,573 words)
Read more...Friday, 18 July, 2025
In the July 18 statement, Bishops from the three member countries of the SACBC – South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini described the attack as a “crime against humanity” and a direct violation of international law.
In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, Pope Leo XIV spoke …
7 min (1,154 words)
Read more...Thursday, 17 July, 2025
The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in Gaza, was struck by a raid this morning, resulting in three deaths and several injuries, including the Parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. Fr David Neuhaus S.J. wrote from Jerusalem and I share it below.
How long will …
5 min (844 words)
Read more...Friday, 4 July, 2025
Orpheus Sings to Hades | The Sandman | Netflix I have really enjoyed watching Netflix’s The Sandman. There’s a song in episode 5 of season 2 that Orpheus sings to Hades, and it has a hauntingly beautiful sound. The song is in Greek, but the sub-titles on the …
3 min (433 words)
Read more...Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
The Frontier is inside you | Fr John Dardis SJ #Beatitudes #ChristianLife #Frontiers Listen to Fr. John Dardis, SJ, as he explores the transformative power of the Beatitudes and the “frontier” within each of us—the call to embrace Christ’s radical way of love, …
5 min (898 words)
Read more...Thursday, 12 June, 2025
A member of my Jesuit Community in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fr David Harold-Barry, S.J., recently travelled to South Africa to attend a book launch, hosted by the Jesuit Institute South Africa, of his latest book A Mission Undecided: The Jesuit Presence in South Africa: 1875-2021 …
2 min (260 words)
Read more...Sunday, 8 June, 2025
A Jerusalem Voice for Justice
an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel
Jerusalem, Pentecost, June 8, 2025
An SOS for Gaza Cast your nets again! To every human being, every person with a conscience, to all lovers of peace,
As Christians in the …
6 min (903 words)
Read more...Saturday, 24 May, 2025
The title “Our Lady of the Way” (Madonna della Strada) comes from a beautiful picture painted in Rome in the fifth century. This lovely fresco, to which Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, was devoted — and before which he and his early companions …
2 min (278 words)
Read more...Sunday, 18 May, 2025
This afternoon, the Jesuit parish at Farm Street Catholic Church in London, hosted a very good discussion on AI Faith and Ethics at a Crossroads: Discerning the Way Forward.
You can watch it here. It is a good discussion on the advances in AI, as it shifts the world from the …
1 min (129 words)
Read more...Sunday, 18 May, 2025
Pope Leo XIV at Inauguration Mass: Let us walk towards God and love one another This morning Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in Rome to inaugurate his Petrine Ministry. During the Mass he received his ring and pallium.
9 min (1,580 words)
Read more...Thursday, 8 May, 2025
Habemus Papam 2025.05.0 Habemus Papam: Leo XIV, PREVOST Card. Robert Francis, O.S.A. Official Portrait and Arms His Urbi et Orbi Peace be with you all!
7 min (1,088 words)
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