A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, about Pope Benedict’s under-appreciated contributions to Catholic social teaching.

Our leaders spoke to their development as public persons, worthy of recognition in civil society and local democracy.

What unites Benedict and Francis is their common fidelity to God calling us to conversion.

A Reflection for Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell discuss Cardinal Pell and his legacy, Cardinal Zen's meeting with Pope Francis, and Archbishop Gänswein's new tell-all book.