by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Jan 15, 2025 | Creation, Current Events ~ Approx. 6 mins
“You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson while musing on our ignorance of the realities of the meat industry. Saying “we did not kill the animals”...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Dec 13, 2023 | Creation, In the News, Pope Francis ~ Approx. 5 mins
“Did you know that 25% of your carbon footprint comes from the meat and dairy in your diet? And that almost all the deforestation in the Amazon is because of the meat industry?” I probed gently during a conversation on care for creation. Climate change is the biggest...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Jun 6, 2023 | Creation, Justice ~ Approx. 6 mins
Like many children, I had a fondness for animals in my youth. My family kept backyard chickens during my childhood, and I adored newly hatched baby chicks. I found it immensely comforting and beautiful to see a mother hen care for her brood of baby chicks. My mom...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Sep 14, 2022 | Creation, Current Events, Justice ~ Approx. 5 mins
News headlines bombard us with facts about human-caused environmental degradation: temperature rise, endless droughts, trash in the oceans, extinction of species, and the list goes on. The subsequent news articles contain facts that intend to galvanize us to change...
