Maria Power writes: In Marcus Mescher’s The Ethics of Encounter, we have an excellent example of how Francis’s teachings should be put into practice…. In five substantive chapters, he guides us through the practice of the ethics of encounter. He starts, as Catholic social teaching expects, by defining the problem, showing how American society is… Read More The Ethics of Encounter is Everything Writing on Catholic Social Teaching Should Be

via CBS News: The images you are about to see are the honest evidence of the greatest war crimes of the 21st century. President Biden and his national security team will soon face a horror that erupted a decade ago, when many of them were in the Obama administration. March will bring the 10th anniversary… Read More Shining a Light on Assad’s Many Crimes Against Humanity

Christopher White writes: President Joe Biden will reestablish the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, an office he pledges will serve a critical role in addressing COVID-19 recovery and systemic racism. Melissa Rogers, who previously led the office from 2013 to 2017 during President Barack Obama’s second term, will serve as its executive… Read More President Biden Reestablishing White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture recently hosted an event on the discourse around abortion and the state of the debate—both now and in a possible post-Roe America. David Gibson moderated the panel and was joined by panelists Katelyn Beaty, Gloria Purvis, Mary Ziegler, and Tricia Bruce.

via the Washington Post: Saudi Arabia released Loujain al-Hathloul, one of the country’s most prominent women’s rights activists, from prison on Wednesday in the clearest sign yet that the kingdom’s leaders were taking steps to assuage President Biden’s complaints about human rights violations. Hathloul, 31, has been among the most visible faces of an unrelenting… Read More Saudi Arabia Releases 2020 Millennial of the Year Loujain al-Hathloul from Prison

via the USCCB: President Joe Biden signed executive orders during his first week in office addressing climate change and the care for our common home. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, expressed support for several of the new… Read More USCCB Praises Biden’s Executive Orders Protecting the Environment