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November 2020

November 18, 2020

Vaccines and Double Effect with Trent Horn

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being on Trent Horn's podcast, the Council of Trent....

November 07, 2020

A Deacon Discouraged a Dying Woman from Confessing

There have been different bad pastoral ideas. But I think recently I may have seen...

November 05, 2020

Nuncio Further Clarifies Pope on Civil Unions

We are now at about two weeks since the documentary Francesco came out. This documentary misconstrued the...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

“Cost-Savings” Claimed as Euthanasia Benefit in Canada

Canada approved "Medical Aid in Dying" in 2016. This law legalized both assisted suicide and...

October 24, 2020

Full Text Proves Francis Meant Civil Unions IN PLACE OF “Gay Marriage”

On Wednesday, quotes from a new documentary came out where Pope Francis seemed to indicate...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

April 2020

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

October 22, 2019

Rewriting Our Genes? Prime Editing Doesn’t Resolve Moral Issues

This week, a new variation of CRISPR called "Prime Editing" has come into the spotlight....

October 12, 2019

No Women Are in Formation to Be Permanent Deacons

A bishop in the Amazon is doing the laudable act of forming catechists to lead...

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