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December 2019

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...

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 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...

October 2019

October 17, 2019

Christians, Please Call Us Autistic, Blind, and Deaf

When I have posted about autism, I occasionally have had an argument about terminology. I...

October 10, 2019

Dealing with Autistic Sensory Issues at Mass

Following in my series of videos on autism and Catholicism, today I address issues surrounding...

October 01, 2019

Study: Autistic Kids Struggle in the Catholic Church

I can talk all I want about my experience of autism in the Church or...

September 2019

September 18, 2019

Resolving Body Dysmorphic Disorder with Hormones?

This week, Australian scientists made an interesting discovery in treating a tough medical condition. The...

September 04, 2019

Autistic Memory and Prayer

We autistics tend to have a really amazing memory. I have said before that friends...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Autism Is NOT Due to Parental Sin, Fr. Valanmanal

I’m surprised I need to say that autism is not due to parental sin. However,...

June 2019

June 06, 2019

Disability Should Be Part of Christian Witness

Benjamin T. Conner recently wrote an interesting book trying mission and disability studies together. It...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

Why the Pro-Life & Disability Rights Movements Should Cooperate

I wrote up on why the pro-life and disability rights movements should work together as...

May 09, 2019

What Is It Like Being an Autistic Priest?

I am an autistic priest. It is the only life I know. However, being both...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Working with Pastors Regarding Special Needs Kids

Tomorrow, I am going to the Catholic Parents of Special Needs Children Conference in New...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

Assisted Suicide Passes Maryland House: A Danger for the Disabled & Elderly

Yesterday, the Maryland house of delegates passed a bill legalizing assisted suicide by 3 votes:...

February 2019

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 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 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...

November 2018

November 21, 2018

New Tests Allow “Screening” of Low-IQ Babies

A new company called Genomics Prediction now claims to be able to test IVF babies...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

Further Down the Euthanasia Slippery Slope: 4 More Stories of Unjust Death

A few weeks back, I posted about how euthanasia and assisted suicide were a slippery slope...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

UK Bioethics Group Approves Genetic Engineering Babies: What’s Wrong With That?

In the UK, the most prestigious bioethics body has just green-lighted the genetic engineering of...

June 2018

June 16, 2018

Pope Francis Condemns Eugenic Abortions

Pope Francis has condemned the practice of Eugenic abortions in no uncertain terms. Doctors and...

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