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January 2022

January 24, 2022

21 of the Most Dynamic Signs at March For Life 2022

The March for Life 2022 happened today and people had plenty of amazing signs. I...

December 2021

December 02, 2021

Australian Bishops Want Us to Include Those with Disabilities

Pope Francis and the Australian Bishops had some good words about those with disabilities for...

October 2021

October 04, 2021

Talking About Autism and My Early Life on a Podcast

I've done a bunch of podcasts on being autistic or how the Church can reach...

July 2021

July 02, 2021

Who is Weaponizing the Eucharist? Politicians, Not Bishops

Recently concerns have arisen over the bishops following historical pastoral practice and insisting that people...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

The Secular Value of the Sacrament of Confession

As some of you may know, my current full-time responsibility is writing a doctoral thesis...

June 04, 2021

Anti-Vaccine Catholics Break Moral Theology Principles

Basic moral theology indicates that we can, and in most cases should, use the vaccines...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Vaccines: 2 Moral Issues But Only 1 Discussed

While Catholics in the USA have been extremely concerned over a rather minor issue regarding...

April 09, 2021

From Founding a Startup to Deloitte to the Convent

Montserrat Medina Martínez was an up-and-coming woman in Spanish business. Despite being only 36, she has gone...

April 08, 2021

Artificial food, sex and drugs give us an artificial high—and they’re getting in the way of our search for God

Back in 2019, I wrote a little reflection on organic spirituality in an artificial world....

February 2021

February 11, 2021

FREE Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada

The Canadian government is proposing a law that will push euthanasia on the disabled. This...

January 2021

January 22, 2021

Flo Case Shows Inadequate Data Privacy Protection in the USA

Flo is an app for tracking women's menstrual cycles. Thus, it holds pretty private information....

January 08, 2021

Catholics, Promoting Conspiracy Theories Harms Our Cause

Our goal as Catholics is to share Jesus’ message with the whole world. A big...

October 2020

October 31, 2020

Ask Politicians About Assisted Suicide or It Becomes Law

States have slowly been adopted assisted suicide legislation. This is unethical as it is taking...

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 01, 2020

Living Catholicism with Illness or Disability

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

May 2020

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...

April 2020

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...

March 2020

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...

February 2020

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...

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...

November 2019

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 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...

October 2019

October 30, 2019

2 Priests & a Deacon Explain Why We Might Deny Communion

This weekend, Joe Biden was denied Communion in a parish in South Carolina. Although denying...

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