Fumed Public Health Watch (NPR, 2025) The first season of Fumed, a podcast by Public Health Watch, details not just what’s polluting the air (and water and land) in Channelview, Texas, an unincorporated town outside of Houston...
The podcast ‘Fumed’ shines light on corporate pollution
The Public Health Watch podcast follows the struggle of an unlikely pair of activists against the excesses of Big Oil.
July 2025
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE
Papa a todos
Pope Francis leaves a legacy of mercy, church reform, and synodality.
BY HEIDI SCHLUMPF
Missionary heart
So far in his papacy, Leo XIV has shown a ministry rooted in service and an understanding of a truly universal church.
BY RHINA GUIDOS
Rooted hope
Young people are looking for faith communities that prioritize relationships and mission, says this theologian.
AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFFREY F. KEUSS
Francis’ vision
Writers reflect on how Pope Francis’ papacy inspired them and changed the church.
BY SHANNON WIMP SCHMIDT, CECILIA GONZALEZ-ANDRIEU, EMMA CIESLIK, TONY ANNETT, MEGHAN J. CLARK, JORDAN DENARI DUFFNER, FERDINAND OKORIE, C.M.F.
Pilgrim pope
St. Pope Paul VI was a bold ecumenist who showed how to live faithfully in a divided church and world.
BY RENEE RODEN
When the LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride, it celebrates the triumph of virtuous love and the recognition of our own God-given dignity, a triumph over the shame we have been told to embrace.
Yunuen Trujillo
