Dozens of Christian ethicists, including Millennial writers Marcus Mescher and Dan DiLeo, have signed a new statement on “Christian Ethics and the Ecological Emergency.” The statement begins: Human activity is now driving a complex, dynamic process of environmental destabilisation across the whole of God’s Earth, at a scale and pace unprecedented in human history. This… Read More New Statement on Christian Ethics and the Ecological Emergency

via the Vatican: When we speak of development we must always ask: Development of what? Development for whom? For too long the conventional idea of development has been almost entirely limited to economic growth. Indicators of national development have been based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) indices. This has led the modern economic system down… Read More Pope Francis on Development that Responds to the Cry of the Earth and Poor

via Cardinal Seán O’Malley: To our Muslim brothers and sisters in New Zealand who are suffering from today’s murderous attacks on innocent people of faith and goodwill during their time of prayer, we stand with you in condemning this horrendous assault on human dignity. We lift up our hearts in earnest prayer to God on… Read More Cardinal Seán: Respect, Inclusion, Solidarity Must Overcome Ideology of Hate Behind NZ Attack

In a talk for Q Ideas, Michael Wear discusses Christianity and politics, making a number of points, including: Christians should go to politics to advance justice and affirm dignity. We take politics seriously in all the wrong ways. It’s not meant to meet our spiritual and emotional needs. We are called to work for the… Read More Michael Wear on Political Homelessness

via the Sacramento Bee: When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday putting a moratorium on the death penalty in California, he called it the culmination of a personal, 40-year journey…. Saying the death penalty is “ineffective, irreversible and immoral,” Newsom granted reprieves to all 737 Californians awaiting executions – sparing the lives of… Read More California Gov. Newsom Announces Moratorium on the Death Penalty, Whole Life Advocates Praise Move

In a recent speech, Pope Francis said: At present, however, a source of great concern to me is the spread, in many places, of a climate of wickedness and fury, in which an excessive and depraved hatred is taking root. I think especially of the outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks in various countries. Today I also… Read More We Must Vigilant in the Fight against Antisemitism

Millennial writer Nichole Flores to UVA Today: I think the beginning of Lent comes at an advantageous time for the church this year, on the heels of the Vatican Summit on the protection of minors. It is a time, built within the liturgical calendar, for lament, confession and acknowledgement of sin and the suffering caused… Read More Nichole Flores on Lent and Ella Baker