The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/perspectives/editorial)
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical warns about artificial intelligence, exploitation, and dehumanizing systems — but beyond its Catholic framework, Magnifica Humanitas may also offer an unexpected invitation for interfaith cooperation around human dignity, ecology, labor, and shared ethical concerns.
Weekend editor Eric O. Scott reflects on events that unfolded this weekend. As bombs fell and political justifications followed, Venezuelan civilians paid the price. Venezuela is not an abstraction or a geopolitical chessboard, but a real place, filled with real people whose lives were extinguished without warning. This editorial examines power, accountability, and the moral cost of treating distant suffering as disposable.
Looking toward 2026, our communities face uncertainty, but we have practiced resilience to an art. Amid political noise and cultural strain, care, memory, and mutual support remain our strongest tools for survival—quiet acts that resist erasure and sustain meaning through turbulent times.
Lucas Miles’ The Pagan Threat has become a New York Times bestseller, warning of a “pagan uprising.” Yet the greater concern is not the book itself, but the silence surrounding it, raising troubling questions about interfaith integrity, pluralism, and who truly counts in America’s religious landscape.
David French frames Vance Boelter as a “Christian assassin” —today’s editorial looks at why the rise of Christian extremism calls for awareness and sacred resistance from the Pagan community.
The Supreme Court deadlocked on a case that could have led to taxpayers funding religious schools. But while advocates for the separation of church and state celebrate, Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott notes the decision does not resolve the issue.
