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!

Interested in a copy of vol. 8 in the JMT/ @ctewc.bsky.social hybrid book series, entitled "Intercultural Theological Ethics: Fundamentals, Frameworks, Processes," ed by Sigrid Müller, Mirijam Salfinger, & Andrea Vicini? If so, click below to download the entire book. doi.org/10.55476/001...

Don’t miss Conversation with an Author with professor of Theological Ethics @kristinheyer.bsky.social and alum Conor Kelly, editors of ‘The Moral Vision of Pope Francis: Expanding the US Reception of the First Jesuit Pope’ (Georgetown University Press) @ctewc.bsky.social @sofcethics.bsky.social

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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.

Welcome to the First, November 2025 conta.cc/49q1IoE

"El coloquio... se configuró en un espacio de verdadero diálogo... teniendo presente que «la frontera no es un límite, sino un espacio de encuentro, compasión y misión» " -- Luz Elena Arozqueta Villeda christus.jesuitasmexico.org/fronteras-qu...

In the North American Forum, Christina McRorie highlights the potential of maternal humanism to sensitize our gaze in the face of political violence and cultural hostilities. catholicethics.com/forum/where-...

In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, Cleusa Caldeira denounces the violent and colonizing forces harming Afro-diasporic and Indigenous religious cultures in Brazil.

Read coverage of the recent event, created by the CTEWC Migrations and Borders virtual table, by member Luis Donaldo González in Vatican News: www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

We are delighted that the print version of "Plastic Pollution, Theological Ethics, and the Call of Laudato Si'" is now available from Wipf and Stock! @ctewc.bsky.social wipfandstock.com/979838525533...

In the European Forum, Gregor Buss continues his reflections on the Israel-Hamas war in light of insights from prominent scholars of Jewish military ethics.

In the African Forum, Reginald Nalugala takes up Gen Z riots in Kenya and Nepal to probe the concerns and values of the next generation. catholicethics.com/forum/the-ge...

From Indonesia, Dionius Bismoko Mahamboro frames recent nationwide riots there in terms of structural sins that lead to despair. catholicethics.com/forum/anatom...

In the Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Carlo Calleja provides pointers on fostering more constructive, synodal public debates in contrast to dangerous counterexamples of our day.

This review in Jesuits Ireland by Kevin Hargaden highlights the recent inter-continental meeting of CTEWC network members: "For me, it was encouraging to discover how challenges we face in Ireland resonate with those encountered in Africa, Asia, and Latin America." jesuit.ie/news/theolog...

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In the African Forum, Anselm Ngetwa analyzes how particular moralities mediate common morality. catholicethics.com/forum/common...

In the North American Forum, Mary Jo Iozzio summons readers to disrupt the “momentum of the Trump administration’s cruelty” in light of its latest developments. catholicethics.com/forum/cruelt...

From Ireland, Suzanne Mulligan brings lenses of human dignity and “costly solidarity” to conditions in Gaza. catholicethics.com/forum/gaza/

From Australia, Carol Ong outlines health care professionals’ growing experience of “moral disequilibrium.” catholicethics.com/forum/moral-...

In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, Carola Montero underscores the imperative of listening to victims of ecclesiastical abuse as an ethical and epistemic act in the face of moral damage.

In September’s Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Craig Ford calls us to cultivate solidarity and indigenous justice as a Church, by drawing upon queer theory’s indictment of the heteronormative imaginary.

Welcome to the First, September 2025 conta.cc/3HKHgDI

Teólogos del mundo reflexionan en Boston sobre los desafíos éticos del siglo XXI

See this article for a review of the recent planning conference, "Discerning Paths of Hope for a More Just World." “Perhaps our task is not to give hope, but rather, through our work, to be a sign of hope—and for hope—for so many who need it today” - Pablo A. Blanco

From July 17 to 19, members of the CTEWC network from all five regions gathered in Boston for a planning conference titled "Discerning Hopeful Pathways for a More Just World." We are grateful to all who participated and engaged in synodal sharing of hopes for the future of global theological ethics!

In the North American Forum, Kate Ward uses the case of sex-selective, IVF and Catholic transgender narratives to probe the gifted nature of gender in a culture that commodifies it. catholicethics.com/forum/is-gen...

In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, Emile Cuda draws on Inter Mirifica to illuminate responsible social communication amid technological distortions. catholicethics.com/forum/agenda...

In the European Forum, guest contributor Stefano Intropido traces the evolution of Catholic pastoral care for migrants, favoring a “faith-based hospitality” as Pope Leo continues its development. catholicethics.com/forum/sacred...

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-h...

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

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/resili...