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October 2020

October 04, 2020

Key Quotes from Fratelli Tutti: Part 2 (Chapters 5-8)

Today, Pope Francis released Fratelli Tutti. I read it all today. As I read through...

October 04, 2020

Key Quotes from Fratelli Tutti: Part 1 (Chapters 1-4)

Today, Pope Francis released Fratelli Tutti. I read it all today. As I read through...

October 01, 2020

Living Catholicism with Illness or Disability

This summer I gave a talk on "Living Catholicism with Illness or Disability" for an...

September 2020

September 18, 2020

An Autistic Mental Breakdown Doesn’t Excuse Shooting a 13-Year-Old

In Salt Lake City, a 13-year-old autistic boy had a mental breakdown. The mom called...

September 16, 2020

Portland Bans Most Facial Recognition

I have written several times about facial recognition before. As a large concern of mine...

September 01, 2020

Debunking Catholic Disinformation Re: Vaccines (Viganò)

Archbishop Viganò was the papal nuncio in the USA years ago but has recently come...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

Woman Told She Should Have Aborted Autistic Children

In Ireland, someone told a woman with two autistic children that she should have aborted...

August 13, 2020

Video Shows the Need to Train Priests on Disability

On Sunday, there was a video of a priest kicking a 7-year-old disabled child out...

August 01, 2020

Genetic Screening Might Kill Disabled Babies

Yes, you read that right. Most of you have probably heard about genetic testing on...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

A Quick Blog Interview on Autism

The Simple Catholic had emailed me some questions a while back. The blog editor got...

July 28, 2020

Speaking Out Against Drinking Bleach

Unfortunately, many promote drinking bleach (usually called MMS) to cure autism and COVID. All the...

July 11, 2020

Good News: First State DNA Privacy Law

As I might have mentioned before, I'm currently writing a doctoral thesis on the Catholic...

July 03, 2020

COVID Isn’t an Excuse to Let the Disabled Die

In both the US and UK in recent weeks, disabled people have been denied care...

July 01, 2020

Faking Disability to Avoid Masks Breaks at Least 3 Commandments

In recent weeks, many places have required people to wear masks when entering. Close contact...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Enable Bluetooth Coronavirus Tracing

I've seen a number of posts of people freaking out on social media telling everyone...

June 09, 2020

Deepfakes Create Many Moral Messes

Deepfakes are a new technology where a person's face is taken from stills or video...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Prudence over Politics in Reopening Churches

On Wednesday, May 20, it came out that the bishops of Minnesota will open their...

May 14, 2020

St. Isidore of Seville is NOT the Official Patron of the Internet.

When I wrote on soon to be Blessed Carlo Acutis, I got the same reply...

May 13, 2020

Welcoming Autistics at Mass (Podcast with Cincinnati Archdiocese)

A while back, I spoke about welcoming autistic individuals to Mass and religious education on...

May 07, 2020

Organic Spirituality in an Artificial Spirituality World

Silence, listening to the voice of God, a personal encounter with the living God, deep...

May 01, 2020

Ministering to the Disabled on the Counsel of Trent Podcast

Earlier this week, Trent Horn had John Kraemer and me on his podcast to discuss...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

A Marriage Preparation or Enrichment Program Worth Considering

John and Claire Grabowski, One Body: A Program of Marriage Preparation and Enrichment for the...

April 24, 2020

Helping Autistics Participate in the Liturgy

As I have noted several times before in this column, autistic individuals often have some...

April 21, 2020

Including Autistics in Worship and Small Groups

I was scheduled to give this talk at InclusionFest Live run by Key Ministry in...

April 11, 2020

Give Autistics Control: Don’t Push DNR Orders on Us

In the UK, doctors put DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders on a bunch of autistic adults'...

April 08, 2020

Pope Francis Condemns Eugenic Abortion, Again

Reading one paragraph of Pope Francis's interview with Austen Ivereigh today, I was reminded of...

April 07, 2020

Bible Storytime with Fr. Matthew: Reading the Passion for Kids

With most people in quarantine for Holy Week, I was seeing a bunch of initiatives...

April 03, 2020

What Autistics Want Their Fellow Catholics to Know About Us

I think sometimes, it is hard for people who are not autistic to see things...

April 01, 2020

Why is Public Mass Suspended? 4 Case Studies Show Why

If anyone still questions why Catholic churches have suspended public Masses? It's because we love...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

How Parishes Can Avoid Laying Off Staff

With public worship and gathering of large groups suspended, many Catholic parishes and other charities...

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