CTEWC mourns the loss of Pope Francis. The church and world have been marked by his prophetic witness, summons to the peripheries, and leadership. We are grateful for his support for our network, inc. at our 2017 audience and his 2018 message to our int'l conference in Sarajevo.

In the North American forum, Thomas Massaro analyzes Trump's misuse of executive power and the domestic and international repercussions for democracy and rule of law. catholicethics.com/forum/democrat…

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In this month’s Junior Scholars’ Forum, Kiran Kumar analyzes the erosion of social trust in India and how the church is poised to fuel its restoration. catholicethics.com/forum/indian-c…

In the European Forum, Maryana Hnyp narrates the multivalent, transgenerational grief borne by migrants. catholicethics.com/forum/on-grief…

In the Asian and Oceanean Forum, Osamu Takeuchi reflects on humility and self-deprecation in light of accounts that young people in Japan lack self-esteem. catholicethics.com/forum/humility…

In the African Forum, Anthonia Ojo underscores the themes promoted in Dignitas Infinita and the Jubilee Year of Hope in the context of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. catholicethics.com/forum/dignitas…

From the United States, Kate Jackson-Meyer employs theology, psychology, and insights from Pope Francis to encourage us on the path of forgiveness. catholicethics.com/forum/theologi…

Writing from Mexico, Luis Gustavo Meléndez-Guerrero invites us to enter into the mystery of everyday life to “unlearn” and encounter its mysticism, drawing on the poetry of Octavio Paz. catholicethics.com/forum/la-misti…

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In the Junior Scholars’ Forum, Ann Mary Madavanakkad sets Pope Francis’s reforms concerning women’s roles within ecclesial structures against their relevant historical backdrop. catholicethics.com/forum/pope-fra…

In the wake of midterm elections in the Philippines, Eric Genilo laments the harms of widespread patronage politics in the Asian and Oceanian Forum. catholicethics.com/forum/patronag…

Cesar Kuzma underscores the urgency of peacebuilding for theology in light of the violence wracking our world and Pope Leo’s first Urbi et Orbi greeting in the Latin American and Caribbean Forum. catholicethics.com/forum/superaca…

From Cameroon, Solange Ngah reflects on the relationship of divine gifts of freedom and charity to human ecological action. catholicethics.com/forum/the-virt…

From Germany, Katharina Klöcker raises key ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence and its diffusion of human responsibility. catholicethics.com/forum/dealing-…

In the North American Forum, Mary Doyle Roche summons us to concrete collective practices in response to executive actions upending US higher education. catholicethics.com/forum/collecti…

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In this month’s Junior Scholars’ Forum, Claudia Montes de Oca Ayala lifts up the biblical narratives of Ruth, Sarah, Anna, Deborah, and Mary as exemplars of trust in God and resistance amid adversity. catholicethics.com/forum/resilien…

From South Africa, Anthony Egan warns of the challenges posed by the “populism trap.” catholicethics.com/forum/the-ongo…

From Vietnam, Nhu Y Lan Tran outlines Pope Francis’s “theology of incarnation” as central to his legacy in moral theology. catholicethics.com/forum/some-hig…