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Worldwide network of scholars and practitioners meeting the need for an international exchange of ideas in Catholic theological ethics.

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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...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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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February 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Welcome to the First, February 2026
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February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
From Argentina, Aníbal Torres traces the dynamic development of the meaning of social justice. catholicethics.com/forum/la-pre...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Marianne Heimbach-Steins associates essentializing the idea of “order” with susceptibility to authoritarianism in the European Forum. catholicethics.com/forum/fear-o...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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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January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Welcome to the First, January 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Wishing all around the globe a Merry Christmas, from CTEWC!
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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.

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Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, vol. 8: Intercultural Theological Ethics: Fundamentals, Frameworks, Processes | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Sigrid Müller, Mirijam Salfinger & 1 more. Intercultural theological ethics explores how different manifestations and traditions of the Christian faith can ethically dialogue with one another to de...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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and alum Conor Kelly, editors of ‘The Moral Vision of Pope Francis: Expanding the US Reception of the First Jesuit Pope’ (Georgetown University Press)

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December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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...
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…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In the African Forum, Peter Knox reports with disappointment on hoped-for progress on fossil fuels at COP30 in Brazil. catholicethics.com/forum/unfcc-...
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…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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...
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,…
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December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In the European Forum, Diego Lasheras turns to Jacques Maritain for insights on responding to polarizing tensions today. catholicethics.com/forum/back-t...
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…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
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…
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December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
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…
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December 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Welcome to the First, December 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM