LORD GRANTHAM I rsquo ve called you all together family and servants because I have just been handed a telegram by Carson It seems there has been a papal election and a Jesuit has been chosen DAISY Ooh I lsquo ope it rsquo s Father James Martin lsquo E rsquo s such a nice smile MRS PATMOR

Good day from Rome during the first weekend of the pontificate of Pope Francis The city is even more maddeningly difficult to navigate today In addition to the thousands who rsquo ve turned out to see Pope Francis preside over his first angelus many thousands more are taking part in the Rome mara

Cambridge MA Lent is rolling along but we are also nearing the end of the second chapter of the Yoga Sutras the chapter I am proposing for our Lenten reflection Right now we are half way through the ldquo eight limbs rdquo of yoga practice we introduced in our fifith Lenten blog on yoga last

An answer the question I’ve been asked for over two decades: What’s a Jesuit anyway?

I rsquo ve been given permission by the Jesuit Curia to reprint this story sent around to Jesuits worldwide written by Lisbert D rsquo Souza SJ who works in our Jesuit Headquarters in Rome From the Jesuit General Curia nbsp RomeAt around 10 00 a m this morning our receptionist a delightful yo

nbsp Cambridge MA As Rachel Donadio wrote today in the New York Times Pope Francis made a small and sensitive gesture today that might bode well for a fresh relationship with people of other faiths and none In his conversation with journalists ndash see the whole of his remarks here ndash h