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Should Catholics have kids during a climate crisis?

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Let’s face it: talking about climate change can feel depressing and futile. It seems like every few years there’s a new dire report, another agreement signed, and little progress is made. This week’s guest, Dorothy Fortenberry, is a writer and executive producer of “Extrapolations,” a new show from Apple TV+ that aims to shake us from our complacency by showing us what the world might look like in 10, 20, 30 years if we stay on our current trajectory. We talk to her about getting people to care about climate change, her love of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “Laudato Si’” and the ethics of having kids in a climate crisis. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss a controversy between a group of Franciscans and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and talk about how Catholics should react to SatanCon, a gathering of members of the Satanic Temple in Boston next week. Links from the show: Military archdiocese: The end of Walter Reed’s pastoral care contract is ‘incomprehensible’ Boston 'SatanCon' prompts Catholics to respond with prayer and the Gospel Watch “Extrapolations” on Apple TV+ I was at the first Earth Day. And I carry what I learned about care for creation to this day by James Martin, S.J. This Earth Day, meet the artist making beautiful icons of God’s endangered creatures by Jim McDermott, S.J. What’s on tap? Micheladas Support Jesuitical! Become a digital subscriber to America Media! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Looking for a new source to inspire students, alumni, faculty, staff, administrators, and trustees of Jesuit works,

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check out Jesuit Saints and Blessed's spiritual profiles.

0:13.4

Available now at Jesuit sources. BC.edU.

0:18.1

That's Jesuit sources dot BC.edU. E. D. U.

0:23.0

Hello.

0:25.0

Hello. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

0:38.2

America Media. That lay part means we aren't Jesuits but we work with them.

0:41.8

Join us each week for a smart Catholic cake

0:44.4

on faith, culture, in the news, often over drinks.

0:47.2

I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.

0:49.7

Great to be with you Ashley.

0:50.8

Great to be here.

0:52.1

We've got a good show. A lot to get through.

0:54.7

Talking about some new TV shows talk about climate change because it's Earth Day. But without any

1:00.2

further ado, what do we have on tap this week? We have a

1:03.7

Michelada which is one of my favorite drinks it's it's basically a Mexican beer

1:07.9

with hot sauce Worcestershire sauce some celery salt lime juice mixed into a beautiful

1:14.0

ombre beverage. Yeah it looks really really good I have never really

1:18.2

got one of these I usually go for beer or cocktail but this beer cocktail is a new

1:22.2

venture for me.

1:23.0

So, all right, breaking new ground, cheers.

1:25.0

Cheers.

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