Gracy Olmstead writes: Many would-be parents in the millennial generation worry that bringing a child into this world might, in its effects, serve as a choice for more consumption, waste and damage to the planet. Others wonder whether the children conceived now might face a fate somehow worse than nonexistence in future years — a… Read More Facing a Climate Crisis, Is It Wrong to Have Children?

via the Vatican: The problem of climate change is related to issues of ethics, equity and social justice. The current situation of environmental degradation is connected with the human, ethical and social degradation that we experience every day. This forces us to think about the meaning of our models of consumption and production, and the… Read More Pope Francis’ Video Message to the UN Climate Action Summit

What does the Bible say about hell, divorce, sex, forgiveness, and more?  In the season finale of Jesuit Autocomplete, Fr. Eric Sundrup, S.J., and Fr. Paddy Gilger, S.J., answer more of the internet’s most searched questions:

Pope Francis, via the Vatican: As we look around us, how many men and women, young people and children are suffering and in utter need! This is not part of God’s plan. How urgently Jesus calls us to die to our self-centredness, our individualism and our pride! In this way, we can allow the spirit… Read More Pope Francis: Let Spirit of Fraternity Triumph over Self-Centeredness, Individualism, and Pride

via the Vatican: Let us say it forcefully: poverty is not inevitable!… At its foundations, we find a living faith translated into concrete actions capable of “moving mountains”. A faith that made it possible to see opportunity in place of insecurity; to see hope in place of inevitability; to see life in a place that… Read More Pope Francis: Poverty is Not Inevitable, Never Stop Fighting It

Here are some highlights from the pope’s in-flight press conference: Africa is full of life….The people who raised their children in the air, as if to say, “this is my treasure, this is my victory, my pride”. Children are the treasure of the poor. But they are the treasure of a homeland, of a country….… Read More Pope Francis Talks about Ideologues, Schismatics, Xenophobia, Witness, Ecology, and Children in Latest Press Conference