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J Moral Theology
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An open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal advancing the global, interdisciplinary, scholarly conversation on Catholic moral theology.

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Once the FDA began to allow pharmaceutical ads in 1997, it was just a matter of time before they became semi-pornographic. The logic of capitalism trends from all points toward the same gutter. Only the passage of time is needed.

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October 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home for the Elderly, the Little Sisters of the Poor attempt to preserve dignity when illness, disability, poverty and separation from family can easily make people feel forgotten.
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Sisters accompany Nigerian elders through final stage of life
At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home for the Elderly, the Little Sisters of the Poor attempt to preserve dignity when illness, disability, poverty and separation from family can easily make people feel ...
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October 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Wisconsin has one of the highest death rates among Black babies in the U.S. "Deadly Divide" is a Cap Times investigation of the racial gap in survival rates and efforts to close the divide.
Deadly Divide: Investigating Wisconsin's Black infant mortality crisis
Wisconsin has one of the highest death rates among Black babies in the U.S. "Deadly Divide" is a Cap Times investigation of the racial gap in survival rates and efforts to close the divide.
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September 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Javier Ignacio Hernández Trejo cierra "Retos de la migracion" con su capitulo "Una sinodalidad que cruza fronteras," donde conecta el drama de la migración global con la sinodalidad y se pregunta el impacto que la migración puede tener en la eclesiología.

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Una sinodalidad que cruza fronteras: articular la migración desde una Iglesia sinodal | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Javier Ignacio Hernández Trejo. Synods on the Family, Youth, the Amazon, and Synodality show that human mobility is a reality consistently listened to, discerned, and embraced through the preferent...
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September 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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En "Pensar, discernir y gestar un mundo más fraterno," Pablo Alberto Blanco González respuesta al drama de millones de personas migrantes, refugiados, y desplazados en el mundo por la revelación, tradición y el magisterio que se expresan en la doctrina social de la Iglesia.
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Pensar, discernir y gestar un mundo más fraterno: la respuesta de la Iglesia Católica frente al drama de los migrantes y refugiados | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Pablo Alberto Blanco González. Confronted with the plight of millions of migrants, refugees, and displaced people worldwide, this chapter seeks to offer a response grounded in Revelation, Tradition...
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September 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Conectando la migración con la esperanza cristiana, Eugenio Lira Rugarcía propone una visión de la migración como oportunidad para el diálogo social y la fraternidad universal. Ver "Migracion," capitulo 17 en "Retos de la migracion." @ctewc.bsky.social

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Migración: oportunidad para el diálogo, la comunión y la esperanza | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Eugenio Lira Rugarcía. By linking migration to Christian hope, this chapter presents a vision of migration as an opportunity for social dialogue and universal fraternity.
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September 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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This is a great micro piece of theology from my former student, Sophie Manaeva, about the ethics of official Ireland's self destructive opposition to immigrants
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Citizenship Rules on the Road to Emmaus - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). New Rules In the new package of restrictions on citize...
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September 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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En "'Quédate con nosotros, que la noche está cayendo': Llamada a la hospitalidad radical como respuesta al drama que viven los migrantes," Obispo Evelio Menjívar-Ayala reflexiona sobre la historia de Emaús y las dificultades que enfrentan los inmigrantes indocumentados.

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“Quédate con nosotros, que la noche está cayendo” (Lc 24,28): Llamada a la hospitalidad radical como respuesta al drama que viven los migrantes | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Evelio Menjívar-Ayala. Contrasting the account of the disciples on the road to Emmaus with his own experience as a migrant, the author reflects on the trials undocumented immigrants face in the U.S...
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September 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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En "Desafíos pastorales de la inmigración en tiempos de deportaciones masivas," Michael McAndrew revisa las realidades de la migración en el EU, bajo narrativas de deportación masiva y antiinmigrantes, destacando la misión de la Iglesia de acompañar a los vulnerables.

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Desafíos pastorales de la inmigración en tiempos de deportaciones masivas: el papel de la Iglesia de los Estados Unidos | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Michael McAndrew. This chapter presents an overview of the realities of migration in the U.S., shaped by policies of mass-deportation and anti-immigrant narratives, and highlights the Church’s miss...
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September 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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En "Ministerio Hispano en Estados Unidos," Lía García comparte la experiencia de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore para analizar cómo las comunidades inmigrantes son acompañadas en un contexto moldeado por narrativas y políticas antiinmigrantes.

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Ministerio Hispano en Estados Unidos: acompañamiento pastoral en tiempos de miedo y esperanza. Un análisis teológico-pastoral desde la experiencia en la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore | Published in Journ...
By Lía García. This chapter offers a theological and pastoral analysis of how immigrant communities are accompanied in a context of fear and hope, shaped by anti-immigrant narratives and policies in t...
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September 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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En "Albergues y casas de acogida en la Iglesia de América Latina," Gerardo González examina los refugios latinoamericanos para inmigrantes de la iglesia en el contexto de las políticas antiinmigrantes estadounidenses implementadas. Ver ch. 14 de "Retos de la migracion."

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Albergues y casas de acogida en la Iglesia de América Latina. Perspectivas teológicas, pastorales y éticas en tiempos de exclusión | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Gerardo Cruz González. This chapter examines the pastoral and ministerial work of the Catholic Church in Latin America through its migrant shelters against the backdrop of U.S. anti-immigrant polic...
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September 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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En "Sanar heridas a la luz del Buen Samaritano," María de los Dolores Palencia Gómez destaca las profundas heridas físicas y emocionales que enfrentan los migrantes en tránsito por México a lo largo de sus viajes y ofrece propuestas para una verdadera “cultura del encuentro.”
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Sanar heridas a la luz del Buen Samaritano: ver, acercarse y cuidar | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By María de los Dolores Palencia Gómez. This text highlights the deep physical and emotional wounds that migrants in transit through Mexico face along their journeys and offers some proposals to foste...
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September 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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En "Crear puentes y no muros," Emilce Cuda analiza el legado cristológico de misericordia del Papa Francisco a través del cual interpretó la actual crisis de la migración.

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Crear puentes y no muros: el legado de Francisco y la misión de León XIV ante el drama de la migración global | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Emilce Cuda. Francis’s legacy of mercy is taken up by Leo XIV, who interprets it from a Christological perspective—characteristic of Latin American theology in particular—seeking unity in the servi...
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September 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Jorge Heredia Zubieta y sus colegas realizaron 100 encuestas en varios refugios de México para evaluar la comprensión de los migrantes sobre sus experiencias. Para los resultos ver "Espiritualidad y resiliencia entre migrantes en camino," ch. 10 en "Retos de la migracion."

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Espiritualidad y resiliencia entre migrantes en camino | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Jorge Fernando Heredia Zubieta. Here the results of more than 100 surveys conducted in 2024 at shelters across Mexico by graduates of the Master’s in Theology program at the Universidad Iberoameric...
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September 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Pope Leo has appointed Border Bishop Brendan Cahill (62) of Victoria, TX, as Bishop of Joliet; Cahill replaces Archbishop Ron Hicks. Bishop Cahill serves as the US Bishops Chairman of the Committee on Immigration.
September 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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En "La imagen de Dios en el tránsito migratorio de niñas y niños a través de México," Silvia Correa Ávila explora las narrativas de la transformación de la imagen de Dios entre 41 niños y adolescentes durante su tránsito por México.

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La imagen de Dios en el tránsito migratorio de niñas y niños a través de México | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Silvia Correa Ávila. This chapter explores the narratives of the transformation of the image of God among 41 children and teenagers during their transit through Mexico.
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September 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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American Catholicism faces a rift as postliberal theologians defend mass deportations, directly challenging the Church hierarchy and traditional Catholic social teaching. www.globalcatholic.com/the-catholic...
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September 16, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Luz Arozqueta Villeda, Sonia Martínez Gallegos y María Guadalupe Sánchez Ugarte invitándonos a repensar categorías de éxodo, hospitalidad y justicia por las historias de mujeres migrantes latinoamericanas. Ver "El rostro de la resistencia," ch. 8 de "Retos de la migracion"

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El rostro de la resistencia: mujeres migrantes latinoamericanas | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Luz Elena Arozqueta Villeda, Sonia Martínez Gallegos & 1 more. The stories of Latin American women migrants reveal the structural violence they endure and the inner strength that sustains them, inv...
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September 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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As Trump dismisses AI alarms calling them “hoax,” today Pope Leo ordered an expansion of Vatican Library saying current building “insufficient;” new construction to begin shortly. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope orders expansion of Vatican Apostolic Archive and Library - Vatican News
Given the increase in the Holy See’s bibliographic holdings and documentary production, the Pope expands the Vatican’s archive and library, and asks ...
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September 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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It is a strange, sad, tragic, pathetic, self-defeating, wasteful, tedious and boring kind of madness that leads us to search out the last few places we haven't put death machines in case other people might put their death machines there first www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit
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September 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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En "La migración como profecía," Marco Strona muestra cómo los términos migración, sinodalidad, y profecía encarnan las categorías filosófico-teológicas de alteridad, hospitalidad y reconocimiento, y están iluminados por íconos bíblicos. Ver ch. 7 de "Retos de la migracion"

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La migración como profecía. Íconos bíblicos y perspectivas filosófico-teológicas en clave sinodal y escatológica | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Marco Strona. This chapter focuses on the articulation of the words “migration,” “synodality,” and “prophecy,” and is based on three philosophical-theological categories: alterity, hospitality, and...
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September 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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On the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, Julia Brumbaugh writes a touching essay on grief, grace, and perinatal loss.

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The piece is in conversation with Thana de Campos-Rudinsky’s JMT essay “From Grief to Grace."

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The God of Sorrow
Why Grief Is Inseparable from Grace
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September 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses."
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U. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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En "Justicia más allá de las fronteras," Kristin Heyer sugiere que la insistencia cristiana en que los humanos se pertenecen fundamentalmente unos a otros-encarnado por el encuentro-ser un antídoto contra la indiferencia y el individualismo que dañan a los migrantes.

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Justicia más allá de las fronteras: una ética cristiana para la migración actual | Published in Journal of Moral Theology
By Kristin E. Heyer. The Christian insistence that humans fundamentally belong to one another—that we survive and thrive only through encounter with others—can be an antidote to the indifference and i...
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September 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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In memoriam.

25 years after 9/11, I still grieve for my cousin Leah www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
25 years after 9/11, I still grieve for my cousin Leah
"It pains me to reflect on how much Leah — who will forever be one day shy of her 25th birthday on this side of eternity — missed out on," writes NCR's Brian Fraga.
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September 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM