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William Critchley-Menor, S.J., is a Jesuit studying at Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. You can find his writing on his Substack, From Every Side.

 

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, man on the moon, July 21, 1069. Photo courtesy of NASA.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
“Throughout the history of the Society, the Jesuits have been key players in astronomy,” said Robert Macke, S.J., a specialist in meteorites who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome. Jesuit contributions to astronomy are significant enough that 34 craters on the moon and several asteroids are named after them.
Sister Mary Clare Millea, then superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, speaks on Dec. 16, 2014 at a Vatican press conference for release of the final report of a Vatican-ordered investigation of U.S. communities of women religious. Sister Millea was the Vatican-appointed director of the visitation. At right is Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithNews Analysis
William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
“We have to admit that things move very slowly in the church,” Sharon Holland, I.H.M., told America, “But this is a piece of really good news.”
Bishop Charles Thompson speaks after he is introduced as the new archbishop of Indianapolis in Indianapolis.
FaithDispatches
William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
The Midwest Jesuits plan to appeal a decree by Archbishop Thompson of Indianapolis that Brebeuf Jesuit High School is no longer recognized as a Catholic school after the school’s administrators refused to terminate a teacher in a same-sex marriage as requested by the archdiocese.
FaithDispatches
William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
Four years later, various Catholic groups are answering the call from “Laudato Si’” as they try to help people close a gap between the spiritual life and ecological awareness.
FaithNews
William Critchley-Menor, S.J.
The recent Revoice conference was unique in its approach to L.G.B.T. issues within the Christian community.