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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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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
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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November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Welcome to the First, November 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"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...
Fronteras que abrazan, voces que se escuchan - Revista Christus
Hace unos cuantos días asistí en Tijuana al Coloquio Teología y Migración 2025, que bajo el título «Retos de la movilidad humana ante los nuevos horizontes políticos de México.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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-...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In the Latin American and Caribbean Forum, Cleusa Caldeira denounces the violent and colonizing forces harming Afro-diasporic and Indigenous religious cultures in Brazil.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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...
Church leaders meet at US-Mexico border to address migration - Vatican News
Bishops, theologians and pastoral ministers dialogue at the border to face migration phenomenon ethically across Mexico and the US.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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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

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Plastic Pollution, Theological Ethics, and the Call of Laudato Si’- Wipf and Stock Publishers
The book combines a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge of plastics' harms to human health and the global environment with an exploration of the soc...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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...
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October 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
From Indonesia, Dionius Bismoko Mahamboro frames recent nationwide riots there in terms of structural sins that lead to despair. catholicethics.com/forum/anatom...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Carlo Calleja provides pointers on fostering more constructive, synodal public debates in contrast to dangerous counterexamples of our day.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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...
'Theological Ethics for a Global Church' - Jesuits Ireland
Kevin Hargaden of the JCFJ on his recent trip to Boston College: "Catholic ethics must be both globally attuned and locally rooted".
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October 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Welcome to the First, October 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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...
Cruelty in the US is Unacceptable: How Might We Repair the Harms to the Vulnerable? | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
It is with regret that I write another missive about the sad state of our union here in the United States. It was only this past December when I wrote about the dangers that another Trump presidency…
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September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From Ireland, Suzanne Mulligan brings lenses of human dignity and “costly solidarity” to conditions in Gaza. catholicethics.com/forum/gaza/
Gaza | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
On Friday, August 22nd, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed that the situation in Gaza constitutes a famine. [1][2] According to the IPC, famine occurs when three…
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September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From Australia, Carol Ong outlines health care professionals’ growing experience of “moral disequilibrium.” catholicethics.com/forum/moral-...
Moral Disequilibrium: The Experience of a Public Catholic Hospital Clinician | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
Moral disequilibrium comprises a spectrum of moral experiences from moral unease to moral distress, injury and decline. It is an increasing phenomenon amongst health care professionals who feel…
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September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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.
De la traición sagrada a la sanación: comprender y reparar el daño en los abusos eclesiales | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
La crisis mundial provocada por los abusos cometidos en contextos eclesiales ha revelado no solo la magnitud del sufrimiento humano implicado, sino también la profunda insuficiencia de los abordajes…
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September 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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.
A Reflection on Heteronormativity, the Settler Colonial State, and Indigenous Justice | Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
As a non-native person writing in a U.S. context, I feel that I often approach ethical questions related to indigeneity with a bit of embarrassment. Reflecting on that embarrassment, it seems that…
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September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to the First, September 2025
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September 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Teólogos del mundo reflexionan en Boston sobre los desafíos éticos del siglo XXI
Teólogos del mundo reflexionan en Boston sobre los desafíos éticos del siglo XXI - AICA.org
Cerca de 50 teólogos de todos los continentes se reunieron en Boston para reflexionar sobre la situación actual del mundo y encontrar fundamentos para una renovada esperanza desde el trabajo en red.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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
Discerning Paths of Hope for a More Just World – Exaudi
Theologians from all continents gather in Boston to address contemporary ethical challenges and project global networks of hope and justice through synodality
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July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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!
July 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM