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September 2019

September 24, 2019

Privacy and Facial Recognition Software: Moral Analysis

I'm currently writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology on the topic of privacy. A...

September 18, 2019

Resolving Body Dysmorphic Disorder with Hormones?

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

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Assisted Suicide: How the Church Should Behave and WHY

This week, news came out of Seattle of Robert Fuller who died via assisted suicide....

August 25, 2019

Pope Francis Greets an Autistic Girl

Pope Francis greeted an autistic girl from Naples at his Wednesday audience this week. It...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

Helping Out at a Special Needs Mass

A few weeks back I was visiting my family in Calgary and helped out with...

July 16, 2019

Planned Parenthood Reminds Us That Abortion Is What They Do

Dr. Leana Wen became the CEO of Planned Parenthood less than a year ago. This...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Defending Pope Francis as a “Conservative”

A few months back, The Catholic Herald asked me to interview about an article on...

June 19, 2019

Autistics Should Be Welcome in Church (Re: Evensong at Cambridge)

Last Sunday, Dr. Paul Rimmer took his autistic son to Evensong at King’s College at Cambridge. They...

June 15, 2019

The Confusing Changing Results from DNA Ancestry Tests

As I've noted before, companies like 23andMe or AncestryDNA use probability not precise science to...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

New Chinese Law Makes Embryonic DNA-Editing Illegal

The world got a lot closer to preventing genetically edited babies, at least for the...

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 07, 2019

John Paul II Definitively Said “No!” to Female Priests

I posted an article over on the National Catholic Register about whether women could be...

April 01, 2019

Pope: Evangelize 1st by Example! Not “Don’t Convert Others”

On Sunday, Pope Francis spoke to the Christian minority in Morocco. He spoke of how...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

New Stricter Vatican Child Protection Norms

This morning, the Vatican issued new norms which tighten rules on child protection. Three separate...

March 28, 2019

Texas Bill Protects Doctors’ & Lawyers’ Religious Liberty

Texas is currently considering Senate Bill 17. This bill is designed to allow religious liberty for...

March 22, 2019

Arguments Against a Germ-Line Editing Moratorium Fail

Last week it came out that many scientists want a 5-year moratorium on gene-line editing....

March 19, 2019

Saving Eggs before Blocking Puberty: Why “Transition” If Still Uncertain?

A recent report came out about a young woman who thinks she is a man...

March 14, 2019

Diabetes Testing by 23andMe: Pros and Cons

23andMe recently added an option to test for your probability of getting diabetes. (Type-2 diabetes...

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:...

March 01, 2019

Anonymous Sperm Donors and Genetic Testing: A Moral Conundrum

IVF has always been an issue for Catholic morality. New DNA tests that help find...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

“Hypocrites at Times? Yes!” Nigerian Sister to Abuse Summit

Sr. Veronica Openibo, of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, gave an impassioned talk...

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 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 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 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 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...

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