Elon Musk and DOGE have used the language of efficiency to impose a radical change in how we view helping others.
Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
On ‘Laudato Si’ anniversary, Trump policies threaten progress on climate change
There are some signs of progress in addressing the questions raised in “Laudato Si’.” There are also intimations of backpedaling, particularly by the Trump administration, regarding the industrialized world’s malign effects on creation.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Focolare president calls for international peace on visit to U.S.
Margaret Karram, president of the Rome-based Focolare movement, visited the United States to discuss current issues in peacemaking.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
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Pope Leo’s support—and challenge—to the world’s journalists
Pope Leo offered a heartening message for a global media that has endured a pretty awful year.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How Catholics can make school choice programs a tool for social justice
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling denying state funds to a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. What should American Catholics be asking about public funding for school choice?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Patients deserve better than medical assistance in dying
When people face incurable illness, fear of the unknown is a major force that can drive their thinking. The task of physicians is to help calm people and correct their misunderstandings.
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Cardinal McElroy condemns killing outside DC’s Capital Jewish Museum as ‘antisemitic hatred and murder’
Catholic bishops are calling for prayer after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
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Pope Leo warned about fake news. President Trump just showed us a worst-case scenario.
President Trump offered a vibrant demonstration of the kind of worst-case scenario Pope Leo may have had in mind about the collapse of critical thinking.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Interview: the Jesuit building Brazil’s premier Laudato Si’ university
“We were once leaders in petroleum and gas research; now we’re becoming leaders in green hydrogen and carbon capture. This isn’t just a technological shift; it’s a spiritual one.”