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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2h

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cardinal Cupich: “For Chrysostom, the altar inside the church and the ‘altar’ of the marginalized person on the street were two aspects of the exact same reality. To bow before the consecrated Host while being indifferent to the stranger is a fundamental breakdown of eucharistic logic.”

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends! Our wonderful organization Catholic Labor Network is hosting a 5-week book study celebrating the 40th anniversary of the brilliant document "Economic Justice for All." Join us for a great series of speakers unpacking the text & imagining how we build a just world! #Catholic #labor #union

Economic Justice for All book talk sponsored by Catholic Labor Network, the Institute for Social Concerns at Notre Dame and the National Association of Catholic Social Action and Mission. Registration at catholiclabor.org/events

Wednesday evenings from Oct. 7 through Nov. 4, starting at 8 PM Eastern Time

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you for your work & for union busting proofing it 👍

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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1. Ecclesiology is an extension of Christology. 2. The social doctrine of the Catholic Church as taught by the popes is firmly rooted in Chalcedonian Christology and the Nicene profession of faith. 3. So too is the entirety of the teaching of Second Vatican Council.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cardinal Cupich: “Relying on ‘the algorithm’ cannot become a moral alibi. Human beings remain accountable for decisions affecting people’s livelihood, freedom, health, environment or life.” www.chicagocatholic.com/cardinal-bla...

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Why ‘Magnifica Humanitas’? - Cardinal Blase J. Cupich - Chicago Catholic - AoC Portal

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/09/2026

A display of 2,977 lights, one for each life lost during 9/11, formed the Twin Towers over New York Harbor ahead of the 25th anniversary.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In general we should not narrow the sacred to the arts we like 🤣

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh I wasnt responding to your take but his 🤣

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The article doesn’t list any example of disrespecting the sacred space other than apriori rejection

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I saw an opera performed in St Paul Inside the Walls (Anglican) in Rome and it was beautiful. Plenty of Churches, including Catholic churches host music concerts - for a bishop who seems to value art&culture this really feels like he wants to gatekeep what music counts as acceptable 🤷‍♀️

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He is right…That you cannot use human categories to define God is not controversial theologically. (Just read some Aquinas 🤷‍♀️)

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cardinal McElroy at Labor Day Weekend Mass: “No one intrinsically owns anything, all things that come as a gift from God belong to all of us…everyone has a right to part of the world’s bounty…when we work, we are co-creators with God.”

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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

John Durso, president of Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW, reminds New Yorkers that our city and state could not have become what it is today without the courage and sacrifice of the working men and women of the labor movement. #LaborDay2026

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The International Theological Commission calls for a “responsible and fraternal response" to God's creation in a new document entitled “Caring for Our Common Home”. www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

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Care for Creation is a theological question - Vatican News

The document “Caring for Our Common Home” calls for a “responsible and fraternal response to the Triune God”. The ecological question is a theological ...

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sad to say that Catholic universities and hospitals are participants of this industry. Not great company for Catholic leadership to be keeping.

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Steven Gnocchi @okeydoxy.com · 28/08/2026

One specific need for Saint Leo is someone focused on Catholic Social Teaching. The CST courses in the MA and ThD programs both need development and a great teacher. Both are fully online. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass this along: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“The pope shares his dinner with his Peruvian secretary..,No cook is required for the leader of the Vatican microstate. ‘They prepare their own meals…It depends on the schedule: if there isn’t time to cook because he came home late, he might settle for a peanut butter sandwich or a bowl of cereal.’”

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I once had a student write in a course eval: she cares too much abt things that dont really matter like racism & human trafficking (it was a core intro to cst class)

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@catholickungfu.bsky.social also thx for moving me from my initial scream into void on a certain tweet to a fun conversation

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Children worry their families can't afford food after Trump's SNAP cuts: In Delaware, an 11-year-old wondered why her family could no longer afford Cinnamon Toast Crunch. In New Jersey, four siblings wanted their mother to buy groceries — but she had to tell them she couldn't.

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‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts

The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

& also as an ethicist, we live in a world where “war on…” culture in the US, largely thanks to expressed Christians has made the world far more violent & dangerous for those on the margins….I do think that alongside modern weapons is cultural lens of war Leo focusing on a lot.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Whereas I want to grapple with the past to understand it in its context & what it may teach us today…but without a need to rescue for current use their categories. Some remain helpful, some should stay in their historical context.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I also don’t think examining monastic literature in its context & being really careful abt what it does & doesnt mean for today means abandoning the literature…abandoning a metaphor doesn’t necessarily mean abandoning monastic lessons.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

For ex: you & I deeply agree on what Mary’s response to 1yr old asylum seeker story posted yesterday. I very much argue as an ethicist this is a matter of good vs evil & we are called to take sides. But “warrior queen” & similar inherently violent imagery can’t get us to truly respond as needed. imo

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is where my pt about rescuing metaphors of struggle from war/warrior imagery. Wrestling is precisely an example…but wider place for warrior imagery has led us to the problematic place we are at now in which we have a profound culture of violence….

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The call from Pope Leo, as I understand it, is to move us away from using war metaphors at all…granting use of force may sometimes be morally necessary, perhaps simply war isn’t a rescuable lens for viewing things the world - is I think one of Leo’s challenges to Catholics, incl. theo & ethics

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I dont think its a matter of whether you can be trusted but if in 2026 rescuing military metaphors is helpful given the drastically different context of war….I think its perhaps more rescuing monastic images of struggle from military images. If that makes sense…musings from an ethicist

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Pope Leo in Rimini: “The hour of responsibility has arrived. Let us unmask the unjust power relations at the root of poverty and inequalities, of war and environmental disasters. Let us disarm technological development when it becomes pervasive and destructive."

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There was a point where they wouldnt let women run over 800m in track&field bc may make uterus fall out….

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pope to Catholic Legislators: “Sadly, we are presented with a subtle form of domination when algorithms decide who is seen, who remains invisible, when digital platforms shape public discourse without accountability, and when the dignity of workers is subordinated to the optimization of systems.”

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Did she also think horse riding would send it up to your head? Lol

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@bridgetemob.bsky.social @catholickungfu.bsky.social “let me put it abstractly” from the outside is generally not a good way embedded situations where someone is dehumanized & died. for a radically different & ya know human Christian reflection see - Rowan Williams @ newstatemen

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hurt your back / height growth ok but uterus???

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Umm….How was a backpack going to crush your uterus?

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20/08/2026

California is FIRST IN THE NATION to offer its own partnered, affordable medication for public purchase. $19 naloxone — 50% lower than the market rate. $11 insulin pens. And now...FREE emergency-use inhalers and spacers for ALL California schools.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/08/2026

Exclusive: The Interior Department created a “White House priorities” list so that Trump’s pet projects could quickly be approved and funded—while maintenance needs at national parks across the country were deemed lower priorities, Michael Scherer reports:

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President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks

The National Park Service changed the way it prioritizes projects so that the president’s requests are quickly approved.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

NGL - also think JR/B16 is perhaps best study in examining how office affects choices/actions (theological positions are there yes, but its never that simple). In how one person lives out one office, changes when office changes.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I will also note I am still in awe of his own recognition of his limitations - a deep self-awareness when in a position that recognized needed more than @ that point he could be.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Also he was a pope without much pastoral experience….teaching was his most in-depth pastoral experience (vs any time as pastor or diocesan bishop). Its not necessarily criticism of him to note didnt have some experience we now see as more important than @ other times.

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Meghan Clark @drclarkm1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Problem with this repeated frame of questioning assumes his “feelings” are appropriate on moral/legal independence of doj 🙄

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Pope Leo at Angelus: “Hoarding and waste are two sides of the same evil: greed. This spiritual sickness numbs the senses, which become intoxicated with wealth, to the point of making people forget those who weep from hunger and cry out from thirst.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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