Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church

Writing from Indonesia, Bambang Irawan frames the extreme weather phenomena impacting his region recently in terms of ecological disasters, stressing the need for public ethics discourse and policies to prevent future catastrophes. catholicethics.com/forum/urgenc...

In February’s Latin American Forum, Luz Elena Arozqueta traces a Catholic approach to AI that emphasizes persons’ primacy over technology along with understanding technical advances as fruits of human creativity and intelligence. catholicethics.com/forum/presen...

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In the North American Forum, Emily Reimer-Barry recounts her family’s pilgrimage to Selma, Montgomery, and Tuskegee, offering valuable resources for formation amid dangerous memories of racial injustice. catholicethics.com/forum/pilgri...

From Argentina, Aníbal Torres traces the dynamic development of the meaning of social justice. catholicethics.com/forum/la-pre...

From South Africa, Anthony Egan offers a performative window into the promise and perils of artificial intelligence for moral challenges facing the continent. catholicethics.com/forum/an-eth...

Marianne Heimbach-Steins associates essentializing the idea of “order” with susceptibility to authoritarianism in the European Forum. catholicethics.com/forum/fear-o...

Guest contributor Teofilo Giovan Pugeda questions the lack of Asian and African references in Dilexi Te in the Asian and Oceanian Forum. catholicethics.com/forum/an-asi...

In this month’s Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Cecilia Cofrancesco analyzes Pope Francis’s use of “peripheries” and its strategic and programmatic implications. catholicethics.com/forum/el-pap...

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Wishing all around the globe a Merry Christmas, from CTEWC!

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Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te of the Holy Father Leo XIV to All Christians on Love for the Poor | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church On October 4, 2025, the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV published his first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te.[1] An apostolic exhortation serves as an encouragement of a specific…

In the North American Forum, Dawn Nothwehr meditates on the theological roots and significance of mutual love at the heart of Pope Leo’s Dilexi te. catholicethics.com/forum/aposto...

UNFCC COP30 | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church The patient suffers from substance dependency, causing progressive asphyxiation. Failure of thermoregulation results in febrile flushes, extreme perspiration, raging temperatures, irregular…

In the African Forum, Peter Knox reports with disappointment on hoped-for progress on fossil fuels at COP30 in Brazil. catholicethics.com/forum/unfcc-...

Trapped between Two Competing Empires: The South China/West Philippine Sea Conflict | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church The Philippines occupies a distinctive location as an independent archipelago situated at the meeting point of the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.  The majority of vessels transporting oil,…

From the Philippines, Agnes Brazal draws on Catholic social teaching to support a multilateral, anti-colonial foreign policy amid the South China/West Philippine Sea Conflict. catholicethics.com/forum/trappe...

Back to Basics | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church We are living in times that the media likes to call polarized. In so many parts of our world—if not all—we find ourselves in situations of great social, political, and ecclesial tension, where the…

In the European Forum, Diego Lasheras turns to Jacques Maritain for insights on responding to polarizing tensions today. catholicethics.com/forum/back-t...

Transhumanismo y Bien Humano: Algunos desafíos éticos | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church El transhumanismo[1] es una cuestión de mucha actualidad porque está configurando la realidad en la que vivimos. Nos sentimos en un mundo lleno de posibilidades por los logros que alcanzamos, pero…

In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, Consuelo Vélez retrieves insights from Bernard Lonergan to grapple with the ethical challenges of transhumanism. catholicethics.com/forum/transh...

An Eco-Technological Ethics from China? | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church With the publication of the first eco-social encyclical Laudato si’ by Pope Francis in 2015, Catholic social teaching has been calling for an integral ecology that cultivates universal communion and…

In this month’s Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Simeiqi He traces roots of eco-technological ethics in Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Christo-cosmic vision borne from his collaborative fieldwork in China. catholicethics.com/forum/an-eco...

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In the North American Forum, Victor Carmona reflects on the pastoral and ethical challenges he foresees in light of his experiences accompanying immigrants in court at the US-Mexico border. catholicethics.com/forum/theolo...

In the European Forum, Martin Lintner sets his hope for sustainable forms of tourism against a backdrop of more compromising and shallow forms dominating in parts of the continent. catholicethics.com/forum/an-ess...

From India, Stan Alla highlights a “new springtime” Pope Leo is ushering in, focusing our attention on ministering to those who are poor. catholicethics.com/forum/the-po...

In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, MT Dávila continues her series of analytical reflections on the moral tragedy of the war in Gaza at the juncture of a “fragile ceasefire”. catholicethics.com/forum/un-dia...

In the African Forum, Anthony Egan shares from his experiences exploring the moral challenges of populism in our related Virtual Table. catholicethics.com/forum/the-da...

In this month’s Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Federico Cinocca cautions about the cooptation of gender ideology for far-right populist aims through an Italian case study.

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Catholics need to address US-Mexico migration together Forced migration, militarized borders and increasingly hostile, xenophobic narratives show us the urgency of restoring the value of human dignity and achieving social justice — as an authentic Christi...

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Boston College convoca a un coloquio para "cargar con ética la situación migratoria en México y Estados Unidos" Los teólogos miembros de la Mesa Virtual de Migración y Fronteras en las Américas de Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) en colaboración con la Universidad Iberoamericana realizare...

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At the U.S.-Mexico border: Migration from a Christian perspective Members of the Boston College community join with theologians, bishops, pastoral ministers, and migrants for a dialogue

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