“We are alive only through the grace of God. At one point, I got messages saying someone had offered 1 million lempiras [$38,000] to have me killed.”
Environment
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 inFaith, News
Catholic bishops call for justice—not charity—in Africa-EU relations
African and European bishops say European leaders are prioritizing their own countries’ benefits from African land deals, ahead of creating a system that is equitable and positive for African communities.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Pope Francis brought me back to the Catholic Church
I discovered that Catholicism could speak meaningfully to contemporary issues, that it could challenge power rather than embody it. I began to pay attention again.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ignatian Solidarity Network sources college gear that is ethically ready to wear
Can you actually achieve a triple bottom line—people, planet and profit—in clothing manufacture? CEPA shows the way.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Octavia Butler: A Black science fiction writer who predicted today’s dire headlines
Octavia Butler, the Black science fiction writer who died in 2006, did not just create imaginary worlds with parallels to ours. Sometimes she created worlds that are eerily a little too much like our own.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
A sports film Wendell Berry would love
The new film ‘Green and Gold’ credits prolific Christian writer and farmer Wendell Berry as its biggest influence. It’s easy to see why.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
US bishops’ president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio expressed grave concern over the wave of new executive orders on immigration, the environment and the death penalty.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In El Salvador, Catholic bishops and President Bukele are at odds over mining
The Catholic Church in El Salvador finds its voice in opposition to lifting of prohibition on mining.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How a modern-day shepherd found God on his Irish family farm
On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley interview bestselling Irish author John Connell on how embracing the farm life preserved by his family for generations brought him closer to God and greater inner peace.