Should Catholics have kids during a climate crisis?

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