James Martin, SJ
@JamesMartinSJ
Jesuit priest, editor at large at @Americamag, founder of @outrchcatholic, author of 'Come Forth' and consultor to the Dicastery for Communication @VaticanNews
“If prominent Catholic leaders had taken a pastoral approach akin to the one Francis took a third of a century later, the situation of Catholicism in our society would be very different today.” My interview with OutReach's @MikeOLoughlin on THE LAST SUPPER outreach.faith/2025/07/interv…
"Leo's brother bishops in the United States are called to respond to a political and ecclesial emergency." @MassimoFaggioli on the new pope's American challenge: commonwealmagazine.org/leo-xiv-trump-…
Amid continuing violence in the Holy Land, Pope Leo XIV held a telephone conversation on Monday morning with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…
Scene outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC, home of @colbertlateshow. About 100 people shouting "Trump must go. Colbert to stay." While another few hundred wait to enter for tonight's show.
Anyone preparing homilies for this weekend will notice that the First Reading is Abraham's bargaining with God to prevent God's wrath against Sodom and Gomorrah. Here is a distinguished Old Testament scholar on what the sins of those cities really were. outreach.faith/2024/03/richar…
What I learned covering the abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq is that a system that encourages treating people like animals will eventually end up with abuse. A reminder most of those being held have not committed any crimes. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
A conversation with @Paul_R_Elie about his new book "The Last Supper" on @OutrchCatholic today. outreach.faith/2025/07/interv…
Tragic & embarrassing to see a growing number of American Catholic young men openly embrace fascism & antisemitism.
Politicians are discussing the case of the late Jesuit priest Stan Swamy and the people he spent his life working with. We continue to call on the Indian Government to officially declare his innocence and to free the jailed members of the BK-16! jesuitmissions.org.uk/case-of-fr-sta…
Thanks to @ThomasWenski for his outspoken advocacy for human dignity. Let’s pray that the archdiocese gets swift approval to provide Mass for detainees in the Everglades detention center. Everyone deserves access to the sacraments. Everyone.
Sunday PM about 25 Knights on Bikes stopped at entrance of Alligator Alcatraz and prayed a rosary for the detainees. Archdiocese is still waiting for approval to access to provide Mass for detainees
For Martha, openness, honesty and intimacy lead to an even closer relationship with Jesus. It’s the same in our spiritual lives. A meditation on today's beautiful Gospel: outreach.faith/2025/07/let-ma…
56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, Pope Leo XIV spoke this evening with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. (📸 @HolySeePress)
This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.
Tragic news continues to arrive in these days from the Middle East, especially from Gaza. I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, which as you know killed three Christians and…
"More than 60 people were killed while seeking aid in northern Gaza on Sunday." nytimes.com/2025/07/20/wor…
Pope Leo calls for an end to 'barbarity' in Gaza.