by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | May 5, 2026 | Creation, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
“Every creature is thus the object of the Father’s tenderness, who gives it its place in the world… God enfolds it with his affection” writes Pope Francis in Laudato Si [77]. Tenderness and affection are probably not on a hunter’s mind when one of God’s beloved...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Mar 31, 2026 | Creation, Economics ~ Approx. 6 mins
Oscar Wilde wrote that “a cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” The price of a pound of meat is a few dollars. The value of the animal’s life? Highly subjective, widely ranging from near zero for a chicken to priceless for a dog. Because...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Jan 6, 2026 | Creation ~ Approx. 5 mins
When President Trump signed a federal law criminalizing cruelty towards animals, there was much rejoicing among animal lovers and non-animal lovers alike. Cruelty towards sentient creatures is abhorrent, and good people desire to fight against this evil. But one may...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Jul 1, 2025 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
A few years back, outrage erupted when California State Fair officials slaughtered a nine-year-old child’s goat. Legally, the state owned the goat through the 4H program. Unfortunately for the little girl who had raised the goat, she had become attached to it. But how...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Dec 13, 2022 | Creation, Current Events, Science & Technology ~ Approx. 8 mins
Being pro-life and vegan puts me in an extreme minority. Only 39% of Americans identify as pro-life, and 3% identify as vegan. While there is no data on people who are both pro-life and vegan, general intuition and anecdotal evidence suggest that to be a small...
