Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, PhD

Prof. of Social Work, Franciscan University of Steubenville. Ideas expressed here are my own, not my employer’s. Retweet ≠ Respaldo ≠ Support

[Indo-Christian Culture @indo_christian]

As an experiment I had asked an AI art generator to depict the Roman Catholic Saint Devasahayam (1712 - 1752) who was martyred for his Christian faith and is considered to be a patron saint to persecuted Christians.

Left is a historic depiction of him, right is the AI.

[Meg Hunter-Kilmer @MegHunterKilmer]

I asked a dear friend from Turkey where I should donate to support the relief effort in the wake of the earthquake that has reportedly left over 23,000 dead and he recommended @iamCARITAS.

Please consider donating! https://t.co/29NBdzs6Sj

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The CEO-to-worker pay gap at America’s largest public companies is now 399-to-1.

In 1965, the ratio was 20-to-1.

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Corporate profits only accounted for roughly 11% of price growth from 1979 to 2019.

Today, record corporate profits account for 53.9% of price increases.

Folks, corporate greed is driving inflation, not workers asking for better wages.

[Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, PhD @rchaparrop]

Every social intervention has the potential to do good - the same as to create new harms or to deepen existing ones. (M. Anderson - Do No Harm).
“How [a] post-Katrina housing project went horribly wrong” - The Guardian https://t.co/FEy1hzVXYG

[Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, PhD @rchaparrop]

A New York school district has apologized for a middle school Spanish assignment that some parents are calling racist - CNN https://t.co/9VsDJWTXDL

[Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, PhD @rchaparrop]

Abortion is a challenging question, because of the unique intersection between the human dignity of the unborn child and the bodily autonomy of a pregnant woman. https://t.co/RvxduuTUG6

[Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, PhD @rchaparrop]

Choice alone cannot be a sufficient moral framework for thinking about abortion because more than one human life is at stake. https://t.co/cSZBIshcOX

[God Creating Animals @GodAnimalBooks]

God: you're a frog.

Frog: what does that mean?

God: you’re an amphibian.

Frog: so I can breathe on land and-

God: -underwater yes.

Frog: oh my gosh I’m a mermaid?!?

God: no that’s not what I me-

Frog: [happy whisper] I’m the littlest mermaid.

[Ohio Opioid Education Alliance @OhioOpioidEdu]

Did you know that stigma often prevents a person from seeking treatment for addiction or mental illness? Changing how we think and talk about these issues is crucial to helping those living with substance use disorders. #ChallengeWhatYouKnow #BeattheStigma

[Marco Romero @Marcodhes]

Esta imagen cotidiana en las calles de Colombia muestra la valentía de la Fuerza Publica de Colombia con los mas débiles, tal como ocurrió con los falsos positivos y revela el rostro de un fascismo criollo peor que las imágenes de policías vestidos de Hitler

[Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC🇻🇦 @FrMatthewLC]

A Catholic is free to disagree with the prudence of the Pope meeting with certain people or similar (not infallible in prudential decisions), but making outlandish claims like this does not help Catholics or the Catholic Church.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

To you, young people, I once again entrust the task of placing fraternity at the centre of the economy. Now as never before we feel the need for young people who, through study and practice, know how to demonstrate that a different economy exists. #EoF2021

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

#GuardianAngels help us in our lives and show us where we need to go. Our angel is the daily bridge to our encounter with the Father.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

All of us are brothers and sisters! Let us pray to the Most High that, after this time of trial, there may no longer be “others”, but rather, a great “we”, rich in diversity.

[Tángara real @davidbautistaqf]

A new vaccine effectiveness study of the COVID-19 vaccines used in Colombia has just come out, which discriminates by type of vaccine and age. This is a cohort study, which was also paired and adjusted. It included more than 3 million individuals. Thread.

[Jessica Rodrigues @rodriguesjm6]

Want to improve your academic writing?

Here are 5 tweets full of excellent writing tips.

Because it’s about time I start sharing all the great tweets I bookmark. @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

[Adam Morris @adamwm89]

Yesterday an elderly man called the church office. He needed someone to pray for his wife who is in the hospital with "the virus."

I asked him her name and after a long pause he said, "I'm sorry, I can't remember it. We've been married for 71 years." 1/

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Let us #PrayTogether today for all the people who suffer from sadness, because they are alone or because they do not know what the future holds for them, or because they cannot support their family, because they have no job. Many people suffer from sadness. Let us pray for them.