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...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Aug 10, 2022 | Creation, Current Events, Science & Technology ~ Approx. 7 mins
One evening, during a relaxed dinner conversation with a friend and his family, the topic of dog meat came up. Tom’s brother had gotten sick while traveling through Southeast Asia and his illness was attributed to dog meat which purportedly overwhelmed the American...
