During this coming election cycle, Americans (including Catholics) need to hear far more about the moral duty to protect the environment.
Environment
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
In the belly of the beast: Daniel Kraus’s novel ‘Whalefall’ considers the power of communion and grief
Sucked into the belly of an 80-foot sperm whale, scuba diver Jay Gardiner reconciles the loss of his father and challenges the power of the creatures of the sea in Daniel Kraus’s novel ‘Whalefall.’
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ecuador bishops: A ‘yes’ vote for the environment answers ‘the call of Pope Francis’
The church, while not taking sides in the political contests, went all in on the referendums to stop drilling on oil Block 43 inside the Yasuní and to end mining in the Chocó Andino, a highland biosphere near the capital.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis is writing Laudato Si’ 2.0
“I am writing a second part to Laudato Si’ to update it on current problems,” Pope Francis told the lawyers Aug. 21 during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Catholic Church has the potential to change the world. Are we squandering it?
The Holy Spirit’s work in the world is to orient and nurture creation continually toward the God of life and beauty.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
What brings together atheist philosopher Peter Singer and a pro-life Catholic? Animal rights.
It may appear strange that a Catholic moral theologian (me) would interact with an atheist philosopher who has consistently rejected the sanctity of human life while demanding we respect the lives of nonhuman animals.
Posted inFaith, News
The Catholic Church that survived the Maui blaze
The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Camping with the Desert Fathers
The mystics and the wilderness teach the same thing: forsake the illusion of control, pay attention to where you are, abandon yourself to the divine.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The smoke is clearing over the East Coast—but Canada’s wildfire catastrophe is far from over
Canadians experience wildfires each year owing to lightning strikes and “careless people,” but no one can recall conditions like this.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholics in Nigeria are planting trees to combat the effects of climate change
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria launched a campaign that aims to plant 5.5 million trees over the next five years to mitigate the effects of climate change.