Facebook’s Annus Horribilis

Facebook’s Annus Horribilis

Criticism of Facebook intensified in 2021. Fr Seán McDonagh looks at former employee Frances Haugen’s allegations that Facebook put “astronomical profits before people”.  In my book, Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs, I described how in 2016, at the time of the US...
Fr Sean McDonagh speaks about synodality and the climate crisis

Fr Sean McDonagh speaks about synodality and the climate crisis

Synodality won’t be relevant to younger generations unless our ‘walking together’ addresses the issue that will soon have the greatest impact upon their lives. That was Columban ecologist Fr Sean McDonagh‘s stark warning to a Zoom gathering of over 160 people on...
Columbans Get Ready for COP26

Columbans Get Ready for COP26

An Overview by Amy Echeverria with contributions from Ellen Teague (UK) and Fr Peter O’Neill, SSC (Australia) The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October –12 November 2021. COP26 is a critical opportunity to...
The Perils of Climate Change

The Perils of Climate Change

Given the seriousness of the crisis, every parish needs to set up a climate change committee and work with other Christian Churches and other religions to address this critical issue of our time, writes Columban Fr Seán McDonagh. On 9th August 2021, the...