Violence against European journalists has led to the introduction of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which will theoretically protect media institutions across the European Union. But while the legislation has been hailed as an important boost to press freedom, a recent revision allowing for the use of spyware against journalists has received support from...
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes...
All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online. All are welcome. Register here. The group will...
All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online. All are welcome. Register here. The group will...
Joint CEME - Las Casas Institute for Social Justice event Sponsored by CCLA Investment Management Limited, One Angel Lane, London EC4R 3AB Confirmed presentations: Edward Hadas: ‘Finance, greed and morality’ Revd Dr Richard Turnbull: ‘Local banking and friendly societies in the nineteenth century’ Jean Pierre Casey: ‘What does Catholic Social Teaching have to say to...
Does Everyone Have to Choose Sides between Israel and the Palestinians? Is Civil Dialogue Possible? On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack against Israel, killing more 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, and kidnapping about 240 to be taken hostage. One day later, Israel declared war on Hamas, leading to a military escalation that has...
If men and women are made in God's image, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s...
Uncanny Atonement in Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans....
If men and women are made in God's image, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s...
The international crisis over refugees has significantly worsened in the past decade. As of mid-2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had tracked at least 110 million people in the world who have been forcibly displaced, an increase of 45 million people since 2015. But as refugees and asylum seekers in need of protection...