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March 2020

March 27, 2020

We Should Treat Autistics Like Jesus Treated Lazarus (Homily: 5th Sunday of Lent)

I was invited to give the homily at all the Masses this weekend at Our...

March 24, 2020

Exercises to Keep Body, Mind & Soul at Peace (Catholic)

While we are all in some form of restrictions on gathers and most gyms are...

March 21, 2020

Celebrations of the Liturgy of the Word in Family

With the inability to go to Sunday Mass for many families, many parishes are offering...

March 21, 2020

Priest-Microbiologist on COVID-19: Possible Treatment & Metaphysics

I have found a lot of the reporting both on the effects and possible treatment...

March 20, 2020

No, Mass Is Not “Canceled”

I’ve seen several posts indicating Masses are canceled due to coronavirus. That is simply not...

March 18, 2020

Obedience Is a Virtue: Follow Your Bishop’s Rules!

Obedience to the spirit of a command is a virtue. If your bishop suspended public...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Non-Verbal Autistic Child Denied Communion: Some Lessons (Updated)

Earlier this week a non-verbal autistic child was denied registration for First Communion at a...

February 27, 2020

Warning: Fr. Tetherow Is Back at an Independent Latin Mass Chapel

A year ago, I reported on how the diocese had dealt well with a priest...

February 22, 2020

Patron Saint of the Internet? Carlo Acutis to Be Beatified

Ven. Carlo Acutis is the ideal candidate for the patron saint of the internet. He...

February 12, 2020

Francis & John Paul II: Holiness Over Numbers in Priestly Vocations

The big, but unsurprising, news today is that Pope Francis did not put a proposal...

February 07, 2020

How to Change the Super Bowl Halftime Show

In the past few decades, the Super Bowl halftime show has often been inappropriate for...

February 06, 2020

Pew: Americans Abandon Genetic Privacy by a 3:2 Margin

Genetic privacy is one of the key moral issues in the public sphere over the...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

12 Amazing March for Life 2020 Signs & 7 Nice Baby Yoda MFL Signs

Thousands and thousands marched on Washington today to protect the right to life of the...

January 23, 2020

Fingerprint Scan & Facial Recognition to Enter a Church in China

I've previously written thrice on the moral implications of facial recognition on our privacy. This...

January 22, 2020

Facial Recognition: How Much Privacy is Just?

Facial recognition is widely becoming available. The question of how this should be used comes...

January 17, 2020

Discernment Continues in the Seminary

The purpose of discernment is action. The purpose of discerning if you are called to...

January 10, 2020

Sharing My Vocation as an Autistic Priest on the Radio

I've done a few different media appearances talking about my vocation and autism. I recorded...

January 08, 2020

Pope Francis Enjoys a Circus Performance, Like a Healthy Human Should

After the Pope's general audience on Wednesdays, groups that come in pilgrimage will offer a...

January 03, 2020

Aborting Babies Because They’re Gay: Coming Soon to China

New scientific discoveries mean that parents can do some selection regarding the sexual orientation of...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

Francis: Evangelize by Example, not Pushing Your Faith on Others

Recently, Pope Francis answered questions from high school students and suggested they convert non-Catholics through...

December 17, 2019

USCCB Should Propose Paid Maternity Leave

The other day, a friend noted on Twitter that his wife was not granted paid...

December 13, 2019

Food, Shelter, and Clothing are Basic Human Rights

I am surprised how adamantly some Catholics deny that life’s necessities are human rights. However,...

December 10, 2019

CBS Treats Eugenic Dating as Advancement

This week, the CBS News Program, 60 Minutes featured a report on George Church, a...

December 04, 2019

Pope Francis: The Disabled Can Be Ministers, Not Just Ministered To

Yesterday, Pope Francis gave a message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. He exhorted...

December 02, 2019

Christians Should Embrace Neurodiversity

I am an autistic priest. When I was first diagnosed with autism as a priest,...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

Pennsylvania Politicians Divided Over Aborting the Disabled

In the past few days, it has been reported that the Pennsylvania House and Senate...

November 20, 2019

Dawn Eden Gives an Original Testimony

Today, it’s scary how anti-Semitism sometimes reawakens. I really don’t understand it. What is the...

November 18, 2019

Fr. Dominic Valanmanal, Please Stop Attacking Autistics UPDATED

Fr. Dominic Valanmanal is at it again. This priest compared us autistics to animals and...

November 12, 2019

Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll Are a Path to Death Not Freedom

Recently, the pornographic actress Jessica Redding was found dead at 43. It made me reflect...

November 07, 2019

Clarity in Catholic Tradition on the Morality of Homosexual Acts

Some people might be confused about church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts. We...

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