Summer 2026: The Suffering of Innocents

Just War and the Vulnerable: Women and Children

Tobias Winright || The ‘collapse of restraint’ in present-day wars that has led to high casualty rates among the most vulnerable civilians is an argument for reclaiming the just war moral tradition rather than abandoning it.

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Monopolising Victimhood

David Neuhaus SJ || 'The fight against antisemitism and the fight for the freedom, equality, rights and dignity of Palestinians are both part of one and the same struggle: a struggle for a world free of injustice, racism and violence of any kind.'

Secondary Victims: Exploring Collateral Poverty and the Iranian Energy Shock

Kevin Hargaden, Ciara Murphy || The US-Iranian struggle is hurting Irish families vulnerable to fuel poverty. The argument for a just transition to renewable energy has never been more persuasive.

Suffer the Little Children: The Fate of Unbaptised Infants and the Development of Doctrine

Dermot Roantree || In order to address pastoral needs in the Church, it must be remembered that conformity with Christ is a more fundamental criterion of doctrinal development than continuity with the documentary tradition.

114 Years and Counting

Studies is a quarterly journal of the Irish Jesuit Province. Founded and in continuous publication since 1912, it examines social, political, cultural, and economic issues, both Irish and global, in the light of Christian values, and it explores aspects of literature, history, philosophy and religion.

From Recent Issues

Political Theology and the Renewed Summons to Justice

Michael Kirwan SJ || The accusation that the commitment to social justice is the work of Marxist-inspired liberationists must be rejected. The option for the poor, alienation, structures of sin – these ideas are now firmly embedded in the Church’s teaching and tradition.

The Faith That Does Justice in Partnership: Creative Fidelity in Company

Kevin Hargaden || The Jesuit turn to justice was an act of creative fidelity: a new way of becoming 'more open toward God and more willing to live according to the demands of the Gospel’. Partnership with non-Jesuits is intrinsic to this mission.

Faith, Justice, and Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Time for Serious Reflection on the Potential of Restorative Justice

Marie Keenan || How can the Catholic Church respond restoratively to the sexual abuse of minors? It must get beyond viewing it merely as a crisis and see it as an awakening that requires new justice responses going forward.

Doing Justice in the World: Recognising the Contribution of Women

Suzanne Mulligan || Women have a prophetic role to play within the Church; they have lifted their heads above the parapet and have not allowed structural inertia to thwart their generosity, creativity, and wisdom.

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