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February 2019

February 22, 2019

One Page Doesn’t Ruin “The Kingdom” or Other Literature.

Earlier this year, Church Militant got up in arms about Franciscan University of Steubenville including The...

February 21, 2019

California Prepares to Make Martyrs of the Confessional

A new bill was just presented in California to force priests to reveal what is...

February 19, 2019

Open Letter to Priests and Bishops: Resign If You Need to

Dear fellow clerics and religious in Christ, I know that most of you are hard-working...

February 16, 2019

McCarrick Laicized: The End of the Beginning

Today, Mr. Theodore McCarrick is no longer a cleric: he has no right to celebrate...

February 12, 2019

Amoris Laetitia: Communion for the Divorced & Remarried?

Those of you who follow me, may have noted that I have taken a clear...

February 08, 2019

Francis: Being Pro-Life Is the Foundation of Human Rights

This week, Francis spoke to Italian pro-life leaders. In his speech, he spoke about being pro-life...

February 06, 2019

Dear German Bishop: Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality Can’t Change

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen recently wrote an essay titled "Overcoming prejudices: The Catholic Church must change its...

February 01, 2019

Sci-Fi from 1950 Foresaw Forced Euthanasia on Earth

Isaac Asimov wrote a sci-fi book called Pebble in the Sky in 1950. This book foresaw...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Geocentrism Believed 2x as Much as Legal 3rd-Trimester Abortion

The theory of democracy is that the government should do what the people want. A...

January 29, 2019

The Devastating Effect of Euthanasia on Dutch Culture (UPDATED)

The Netherlands was one of the first countries to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide. It has...

January 26, 2019

Pro-Life Tweet Gets 2 Million Views But Many Misunderstand It

During the March for Life this year, I posted a tweet about a mom who...

January 18, 2019

14 Mind-Blowing Signs at March for Life 2019

On Friday, January 18, thousands in the pro-life movement marched in DC for an end...

January 07, 2019

Human Dignity for Vegetative Patients? Rape of a Vegetative Woman

As Catholics, we understand every human has a unique dignity. Society denies dignity in many...

January 05, 2019

Seminarian: Why I Want to Be a Priest Despite the Crisis

As the clerical sex abuse crisis continues to unfold. Each of us in ordained ministry...

January 04, 2019

New York Times Criticizes the Contraceptive Mentality & More IUDs

I was surprised to see an article from the New York Times being negative about...

January 03, 2019

Vatican Rules on Hysterectomies, Allowing Them in Specific Cases

The Vatican updated a ruling on the morality of hysterectomies today. 1993 Ruling on Hysterectomies...

January 02, 2019

The Limits of What a Church Can Do With a Misbehaving Priest: The Case of Fr. Tetherow

Fr. Virgil Bradley Tetherow was forbidden from saying Mass and removed from the clerical state....

December 2018

December 28, 2018

The Pope Didn’t Deny the Immaculate Conception

It's crazy what gets spread online today. One website was posting that Pope Francis denied...

December 28, 2018

Burning Questions about Catholicism: Theology Q&A on CuriousCat

People have asked me a bunch of theological questions online. I collected the best on my CuriousCat...

December 20, 2018

A Different Story When a Bishop, Not a Priest, Is Accused (LA Auxiliary)

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles was aware of accusations against Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar since 2005....

December 19, 2018

The Friendly Atheist is Factually Wrong about Catholicism & Contraception

A popular writer here at Patheos is Hemant Mehta, AKA the Friendly Atheist. Obviously, we...

December 18, 2018

2 Anonymous Priests: Silence Regarding Priestly Misconduct Is a Problem

Too often, the modus operandi in the Church continues to be ignoring problems priests have....

December 13, 2018

Designer Babies Are Here: Let’s Not Kid Ourselves

This week, A Cecile JW Janssens, a professor of Epidemiology at Emory University, tried to argue that...

December 11, 2018

Pope Francis: Our Father Should Say “Abandon Us Not When in Temptation”

The Our Father is a central Christian prayer. It is not originally in English but our...

December 07, 2018

Starbucks & Tumblr Banning Porn before Notre Dame

Yes, you read that right. All public forums and all Catholic institutes should ban porn....

December 07, 2018

Spiritual Direction, Scruples, Vocation, Confession, etc. (Spiritual Situations Q&A on CuriousCat)

A few weeks ago, I published an intro to the spiritual life Q&A based on...

December 04, 2018

Atheists Trolled Me for 5 Days, So I Learned Their Strategies

Two weeks ago, I posted a version of the popular meme-like format of “Don’t say...

December 02, 2018

Family Advent Traditions (via Twitter)

On Twitter, I asked for people's Advent traditions. Here are some of the best responses....

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Science Didn’t Prove Adam & Eve or Noah’s Ark

A whole bunch of media reports seemed to imply some scientists proved Adam & Eve...

November 29, 2018

Twitter Newspeak: You Must Say “Caitlyn Jenner Won the Men’s Decathlon in 1976”

Twitter has just banned deadnaming and misgendering. This means you must call people by their...

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