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Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., is president emeritus of Georgetown University and director of mission at Jesuit Refugee Service/USA.
Articles by Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Arts & CultureVantage Point
The late Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann asked: How can we find a human God in a dehumanized world?
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
In 1975, Leo O'Donovan, S.J., a theologian and former student of Karl Rahner, reviewed the renowned German theologian Jürgen Moltmann’s ‘The Crucified God.’ Jürgen Moltmann died on June 3, 2024, at the age of 98.
Arts & CultureArt
An ancient German abbey has become a new destination for pilgrimage with Gerhard Richter’s stained glass
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Gerhard Richter dazzles us with beauty that will intimate for many what is indeed beyond all human imagining.
Arts & CultureLast Take
Georgetown coach John Thompson loved his players, his city and the Blessed Mother
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
A former president of Georgetown remembers the legendary coach John Thompson Jr.
Emanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” 1851 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Arts & CultureArt
Patriotic paintings we can be proud of on the 4th of July
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Leo. J. O’Donovan, S.J., makes a virtual visit to the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Refugee children join a protest outside the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Athens, Greece, May 29, 2020. They were protesting a government decision that they should leave their housing provided by European Union and UNHCR funds. (CNS photo/Alkis Konstantinidis, Reuters)
FaithFaith in Focus
A Prayer for World Refugee Day
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Help us, God of mercy, to realize how much more threatening the pandemic is for a forcibly displaced person.
The Metropolitan Opera in New York (photo: iStock)
Arts & CultureMusic
Watch: A stay-at-home gala for the Metropolitan Opera
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
On April 25, the Met’s first virtual gala was held. It will be rebroadcast on June 12 and 13.
FaithFaith in Focus
A prayer for Pentecost in the pandemic
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Come, Holy Spirit, to our suffering world, sick with a killing virus and everywhere threatened with silent death.
Gerhard Richter is arguably the most famous living artist. “Betty,” painted in 1977, is one of several portraits of his daughter (Museum Ludwig/The Met Breuer).
Arts & CultureArt
Saying goodbye to a master: a virtual visit to Gerhard Richter at the Met Breuer
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, is arguably the most famous living artist.
FaithFaith in Focus
A prayer for first responders during the coronavirus pandemic
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Loving God, in the midst of our world’s—your world’s—coronavirus crisis, we beg to bring before you the brave women and men who are closest to the sick and suffering.
A health care worker in New York City rests on a bench near Central Park on March 30. (CNS photo/Jeenah Moon, Reuters)
FaithLast Take
Spring reveals the beauty of nature. The coronavirus shows its destructive power.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
For now, the overall picture is dark, writes Leo O‘Donovan, S.J., of Jesuit Refugee Service USA, but we must still work for our brothers and sisters so that hope can endure and even blossom.