“You should have had an abortion.” These are the words KJ Harmon’s mom, Tasha, heard when an ultrasound technician informed her that her not-yet-born son’s kidney was full of cysts. This is the ultimate expression of the throwaway culture, where the imperfect are supposed to be discarded as worthless. It is part of a long… Read More “You Should Have Had an Abortion” vs. Every Life Matters

Here are some highlights of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s letter to Caritas Internationalis: “In some parts of the world babies are born, children grow up and adults face the end of their lives living and working in the poisonous waste created and discarded by others. In other parts people live on a tightrope between floods… Read More Cardinal Tagle’s Letter on Laudato Si

This post by Eric Immel, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. I do, at times, consider leaving the Society of Jesus. Like when I hear a baby cry right at the end of the Eucharistic prayer, or unlock the doors of a neglected community car that isn’t mine, or wake up alone.

Amy Davidson succinctly explains why so many people favor leaving Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill and replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: “Ever since the Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, announced, last month, that the next version of the ten would feature a woman, that has been the baffled… Read More Replace Andrew Jackson (Not Alexander Hamilton) with Harriet Tubman

Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo has a new post at Political Theology Today. He writes: Nearly one month after the release of Laudato Si’ (LS’), most commentators – myself included – are still trying to wrap their minds around the prophetic, difficult and sometimes unexpected elements of the Catholic Church’s first papal encyclical on ecology. Although… Read More Pope Francis, Carbon Credits, and a Carbon Tax

Puerto Rico is facing a fiscal crisis. This has largely escaped the attention of the American public. Thankfully Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico has taken to Time to shine light on the debt crisis his nation faces, the human impact, and how we might respond. He writes: Puerto Rico, the island… Read More Archbishop Seeks Remedy to Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis