There's a quiet revolution happening in the Catholic Church, and it's being planned around kitchen tables. In March 2026, just the other day, Pope Leo XIV announced something unexpected: he's calling the presidents of every bishops' conference in the world to Rome this October for a summit dedicated entirely to families. Not clergy formation. Not... Continue Reading →
Digital Dignity: Why Thomas Merton and Pope Leo XIV Matter for AI Ethics Today~A Reflection in the See-Judge-Act Tradition
Introduction: A Method for a Moment The See-Judge-Act method was created by Cardinal Joseph Cardijn and draws on Thomas Aquinas’s description of the intellectual virtue of prudence. Cardijn originally designed it for young industrial workers: to help them see the problem of their temporal and eternal destiny, judge the present situation and its contradictions, and... Continue Reading →
When the Cross Becomes a Flag: Thomas Merton, Christian Nationalism, and the Media Machine Fueling It
Observe-Discern-Act "You can now find the most ardent Christians lined up in the most ridiculous, regressive, irrational parades. If they were concerned only with flying saucers and conversations with the departed, it would not be so bad, but they are also deeply involved in racism, in quasi-Fascist nationalism, in every shade of fanatical hate cult,... Continue Reading →
Clean Energy Is An Exciting Movement, But To Make it REAL, it takes You and Me. By Julie Peller, Ph.D.
Green Junction A major drawback of solar and wind energy is their limited availability at night and when the wind isn’t blowing. However, these clean energy sources often generate more energy than needed when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing, leaving wind turbines idle. Thanks... Continue Reading →
When Your Neighbor Changes Everything: Robert Dowd’s Case for Religious Diversity as Democracy’s Best Defense
A Review of "Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa" By Robert Dowd, C.S.C. | Oxford University Press Consider: Is religious segregation a greater threat to religious freedom in America than secularism? Could the real challenge to Christian civic life be the barriers we've built between ourselves and those who worship differently? This is... Continue Reading →
Beyond Borders: Thomas Merton and the Soul of World Religions
How a Trappist monk's radical openness transformed Christian interfaith dialogue Thomas Merton was a cloistered Trappist monk, bound by vows and monastery walls—yet his spiritual imagination broke through every boundary. By his sudden death in Bangkok in December 1968, he ranked among Christianity's most influential voices on interfaith dialogue. He achieved this not just through... Continue Reading →
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