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Grant Tungay SJ grew up in Johannesburg and studied law in Cape Town before joining the Society of Jesus in 2007. His studies in the Society include philosophy in London and human rights law at Wits University in Johannesburg. He worked for the Jesuit Institute before moving to France to study his first-cycle theology at Centre Sèvres in Paris. He is currently doing his second-cycle theology in Nairobi, Kenya at Hekima University College.
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Discovering our reasons to hope

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Hope seems to be in short supply. Hope trusts in a better future. Right now, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic makes it difficult for us...
Human Rights

Two roads diverged in a wood: Vaccine nationalism or global cooperation?

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The squabbles between the United Kingdom and Europe over access to the COVID-19 vaccine reveals a self-centered nationalism in efforts to end the pandemic,...
Opinion

Advent and the wait for COVID-19 to be over

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As the Church begins a new year, marked as usual with the period of Advent to prepare and wait for Christmas, Grant Tungay reflects...
Church

What the Catholic church can learn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman in the history of the United States to be appointed to the US Supreme Court, and at...
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The robber and the Good Samaritan – a response to xenophobic violence

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Grant Tungay SJ describes how he heard about the latest xenophobic attacks while studying in Kenya. He draws on the parable of the Good Samaritan, asking us to reflect on who our neighbours are and how we have behaved towards them.
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Notre-Dame weeps

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The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris burned last night, as much of it was devastated by an aggressive fire tearing through its heart. Grant Tungay SJ, studies theology in Paris and frequently worshipped at the Paris cathedral. He shares wi th us the moment he learned of the fire and the history of this most sacred place in the Catholic world.
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Should we need permits to practice our faith?

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There has been, for some time, a debate in South Africa regarding the regulation of religious practitioners. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection...
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What the Catholic church can learn from Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Advent and the wait for COVID-19 to be over

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Two roads diverged in a wood: Vaccine nationalism or global cooperation?

Grant Tungay SJ -
The squabbles between the United Kingdom and Europe over access to the COVID-19 vaccine reveals a self-centered nationalism in efforts to end the pandemic,...
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Notre-Dame weeps

Grant Tungay SJ -
The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris burned last night, as much of it was devastated by an aggressive fire tearing through its heart. Grant Tungay SJ, studies theology in Paris and frequently worshipped at the Paris cathedral. He shares wi th us the moment he learned of the fire and the history of this most sacred place in the Catholic world.

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