Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new article at US Catholic. She writes: Traditionally the rainy season is four to five months during which they grow four crops; due to climate change it is now only two to three months. The shrinking rainy season is drastically impacting the people’s ability to grow enough food, maintain… Read More Climate Change, Poverty, and Solidarity in Ghana
Joseph O’Connor, a teacher at Holy Family High School in Denver, was fired today after refusing to back down from his open opposition to universal healthcare. The controversy began when O’Connor posted an image on facebook, which stated, “Healthcare is a privilege, not a right.” Concerned parents forwarded the message to left-wing Catholic groups, who… Read More Catholic School Teacher Fired for Saying Healthcare Is a Privilege Not A Right!?!
Check out Elite Daily’s video on the digital street team of millennials that covered the Pope’s visit to the US:
Last month, NPR (National Public Radio) held a workshop for energy and environment reporters in Chicago. I was invited to be on a panel titled “The Environment as a Moral Question” and outline Catholic teaching on ecology and climate change. Here are some excerpts of my address: Catholic Social Teaching In order to frame my… Read More Why Pope Francis and the Church Treat Climate Change as a Moral Issue
Cardinal Peter Turkson spoke at a conference on climate change at Boston College last week. Here are some of the passages in his remarks that relate to the United States and its responsibility to address climate change and protect creation: Pope Francis is critical of the “bondage of individualism” and a culture of instant gratification… Read More Individualism, Free Market Myths, and the American Response to Climate Change
This post by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. I don’t think I ever prayed for anything as regularly or as fervently. Since last Christmas, when my sister told us she and her husband were expecting their first child, the constant petition on my lips was for the health of mother… Read More Newborn: Prayers Answered
Just when we thought the pope’s private meetings in the US might recede from the limelight, CNN is reporting: The day before Pope Francis met anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis in Washington last week, he held a private meeting with a longtime friend from Argentina who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years.… Read More CNN: Pope Met Privately with Same-sex Couple During US Trip
